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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| 8172478 | Double-deck covered roadway The double-deck covered roadway (5) has an upper road (30) for light vehicle traffic and a lower road (25) for heavy, industrial vehicle traffic. The roadway is an intelligent system, having an access control computer (ACC) (55) limiting ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8109690 | System for continuous vehicular travel on crossing roadways Systems for improved vehicular movement between first and second crossing roadways. The systems employ multiple turn roadways to permit a vehicle traveling on one of the crossing roadways to appropriately turn and continuously travel onto the other of the crossing r... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7866910 | Community intermodal transit system A community intermodal transit system includes a city or town center and low speed mixed-mode corridors extending substantially radially outwardly from said city center. Further included are a corresponding number of circumferentially disposed parking structures loc... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857543 | Traffic installation The invention relates to a traffic installation having at least two traffic routes arranged one above the other, which each comprise at least one traffic area, which traffic area is completely enclosed at least over a certain length, the enclosure having at least on... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7731447 | Racing facility pit system A racing facility with a racing surface and a pit road. The pit road includes an pit road entrance connected to the racing surface, a plurality of pit walls defining a plurality of elongate pit boxes/stops each connected at a first end thereof to the pit road entran... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7491009 | Traffic intersection A traffic intersection is disclosed. One version of the intersection includes a protected turn-around lane that allows traffic to turn around and proceed in the opposite direction. The protected turn-around lane provides for a protected turn without having a traffic... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7473050 | Single-layer interchange overpass This invention discloses a single layer interchange overpass. The overpass comprises a main road (1) and an intersected road (3), a U-shaped circle road (24) is disposed at a predetermined level above both ends of the main road (1), an in... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7425104 | Road junction The invention relates to the area of road construction and may be used in the design of new or reconstruction of existing road junction with heavy traffic. The known junctions of roads do not ensure sufficient safe traffic, are complex and confusing to drivers, and ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7371030 | Flexible road surfaces A construct from which a flexing road surface may be produced. A flexing road surface provided in accordance with the invention enables a vehicle to pass over the road surface relatively smoothly, while simultaneously imparting a reciprocating motion to the road sur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363751 | Wound-in tenon/wound-in tenon collar for attachment of luminaire A modular pole system for a luminaire includes an elongated pole section formed from a continuous filament winding process with a tenon or tenon collar wound into a tip end of the pole section. A method for making a modular pole system includes placing a tenon or te... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347642 | Circular subdivisions parking/biking lane, elimination of storm drains, and walkable community development provisions A walkable community subdivision is provided with a plurality of traffic circles. Each traffic circle can contain one or more playgrounds or parks. A plurality of development circles containing one or more buildings or playgrounds. The outer circles of the subdivisi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7316519 | Paving member A paving member (2) comprising a surface (4) for being walked on, an image (6) below the surface (4), and a source of light for illuminating the paving member (2), the paving member (2) being of such a material and construct... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311464 | Illuminated snowboard railway track An internally illuminated snowboard track for recreational areas or parks which are operated at night is made up of a continuous elongated transparent rail which is supported a predetermined distance above the ground by a base support member, and a light source exte... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7237434 | Slotted damping section for aerodynamic wind tunnel A damping section, for an aerodynamic wind tunnel having a test section defined by a nozzle mouth at an upstream end and a collector mouth at a downstream end, is adapted to conform to a perimeter of the collector mouth and extend in the downstream end of the test s... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234891 | Multi-level road intersection A multi-level road intersection comprises a continuous-flow overpass for handling through traffic traveling on a first road, a continuous-flow underpass for handling through traffic traveling on a second road, and a rotary disposed on a ground level at the crossing ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210183 | Method and installation for building a highway and a highway The invention relates to a method and installation for constructing highways. The object of the invention is to extend operational capabilities of a mobile installation for constructing a highway in space-limited enviroment without reducing the traffic intens... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7175362 | Synthetic covering systems for safety areas of airports Systems, methods and apparatuses for airport safety areas, runways and taxiways is provided. Various attachment systems for installing a synthetic covering are described. The use of artificial turf as well as various embodiments for a suitable synthetic matting for ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7135989 | Parallel flow vehicle turn system for traffic intersections A system of traffic lanes and signal means for reducing the number of signal phases per repeating cycle of a signalized traffic intersection at grade. Opposed turn center lanes (24) adjoin opposed turn bypass lanes (20) that are substantially parallel ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7101113 | Shopping cart collection, storage, and retrieval system A self-guiding shopping cart collection, storage, and retrieval system is provided which is integrated into the parking lot construction. A collection channel is adjacent and parallel to a row of parking spaces which is formed as an inset trough configured to allow ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066094 | Supporting framework for a craneway A supporting framework for a craneway for at least one crane which travels on at least one track, especially for a bridge crane which travels on two tracks, includes a track carrier elongated in a track direction and having at least one carrier section of reinforced... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048465 | Method of routing and diverting traffic This invention relates to routing or directing at least a portion of traffic from a tract of land, and particularly to land adjacent a body of water. The method of routing of diverting traffic comprises first identifying a tract of land where a road is needed and id... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025525 | Dynamic road marking system and road segment provided with said system A system for effecting merging of a first vehicle traveling in a first roadway with successive vehicles traveling in a second roadway, said system including: a sensor capable of detecting the movement of the successive vehicles in the second roadway; conversion mean... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010412 | Method for calculating parameters in road design of S-type clothoid, complex clothoid and egg type clothoid The present invention relates to a method for calculating parameters in a road design of a S type, a complex type and an egg type clothoid, and in particular to a method for calculating a parameter value capable of determining the size of a clothoid that is inserted... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004674 | Pre-fabricated warped pavement slab, forming and pavement systems, and methods for installing and making same A pre-fabricated warped pavement slab and a forming system for making the slabs. The forming system includes a plurality of forming sections which can be adjusted so as to form a warped-plane pavement slab. Also disclosed are methods for making the pavement slab and... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6914540 | Traffic area signage systems A signage system for a traffic area, the traffic area comprising visually-identifiable boundary markers, the signage system having sign means at the boundary markers, the sign means visually viewable by an occupant of a vehicle adjacent the boundary markers. The sig... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6752563 | Covered highway structure with means for easy and quick access to tunnel interior An improved tunnel or covered highway structure with means for easy and quick access to the interior. The structure includes a wind tunnel built over a highway and a wind deflector slab provided near the exit end of the tunnel and having an opening for permitting ve... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6685386 | Intersection system An intersection system which can do without, or drastically minimize, the frequency of having to wait for traffic signals in order to relieve traffic of congestion and minimize the land occupied by an intersection system. System 1 consists of two mutually... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6676330 | Method of erecting elevated roadways above existing roadways with minimal disruption of traffic A method of erecting a new elevated roadway (41) above an existing roadway (21) in order to increase traffic capacity of bridge roadway (23) with minimal disruption of existing traffic. Roadway (41), which comprises a plurality of interconnected ramp unit... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6561727 | Ergonomic hybrid transit access corridor particularly for town and urban centers An ergonomic hybrid transit access corridor, definable in terms of an x,y,z Cartesian coordinate system is characterized by x-axis integral, y-axis longitudinal segments each having an x-axis width in a range of about 3 to about 40 feet. The corridor incl... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6338175 | Movable safety tunnel for use during bridge maintenance A movable safety tunnel rides on parapets within a bridge. The safety tunnel is locked in place in a respective section of the bridge while maintenance or other operations are performed on that section of the bridge. This allows the traffic to flow throug... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6312187 | Street tunnel arrangement accessible to vehicles in densely populated areas A street tunnel arrangement accessible to vehicles in densely populated areas. The above-ground and underground arrangement of streets extending in tunnels in densely populated areas does not meet the increasing growth of traffic in large cities. The purp... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6170106 | Movable safety tunnel for use during bridge maintenance A movable safety tunnel rides on parapets within a bridge. The safety tunnel is locked in place in a respective section of the bridge while maintenance or other operations are performed on that section of the bridge. This allows the traffic to flow throug... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6155744 | Parking management system A parking lot management system including a plurality of parking space barriers each having a vertical member and an arm having an inboard end rotatably mounted to the vertical member. In use, the arm is adapted for pivoting about a vertical axis at least... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6120208 | Prefabrication type high level road structure and construction method thereof An improved prefabricated elevated highway structure and a construction method thereof by which an elevated highway can be more easily and rapidly constructed without causing traffic congestion at a construction site, which highway includes an underground... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5921701 | Traffic interchange An interchange for improving vehicular traffic flow through an intersection of surface streets includes a cross-shaped bridge supported over the intersection at a height to allow through traffic to proceed underneath. Crossed arms of the bridge are mutual... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5897270 | Vehicle highway system having single-level uninterrupted traffic-flow intersection A highway system for vehicular traffic which includes an intersection between a main road and a secondary road, each having two traffic directions separated by a center line. The main road has a barrier along its main section for preventing direct crossin... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5897271 | Road reflectors with temperature dependent color A thermochromatic road marker reflector is provided including a highway marker. A thermochromatic material is mounted on the marker for changing colors in response to a change in temperature.... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5846020 | Pre-fabricated multi-level roadway structure The invention effectively multiplies a roadway vertically by allowing automobiles to travel on top of each other. Each section of the invention is a pre-fabricated reinforced concrete multi-level roadway structure that covers an existing lane of traffic o... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5807020 | Traffic guide constructions at road intersections to provide smooth traffic flows and methods of traffic control thereof Traffic guide constructions at road intersections to provide smooth traffic flows thereof and the methods of traffic control with these traffic guide constructions mainly include overhead bridges and/or underground tunnels extending in parallel to a main ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5795095 | Simultaneous left turn vehicular intersection A right hand traffic intersection at grade of four roadways and method of directing vehicles to cross an intersection center bidirectionally along two opposed roadways in Phase 1, along the other two roadways in Phase 2, and to make simultaneous protected... | 08/18/1998 |
