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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7566191 | Ergonomic handle for a hand-held tool An ergonomic handle for a hand-held tool, e.g., a chain saw sharpening file, is sized and shaped for cooperative engagement with the hand of a user and comprises an oblong, contoured body having a distal portion and a bulbous proximal portion integral therewith. A t... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7182554 | Drywall rasp A rasp includes a body including upper, lower, front and rear portions. The lower portion has a groove that has first and second sections extending along a length thereof. The first section includes equidistantly spaced coextensive cutting blades extending downwardl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7144193 | Finishing trowel A trowel for finishing the top of concrete stem walls around protruding anchor bolts has a finishing surface in the form of a blade or block attached to a handle. An opening in the form of a notch or a hole is provided in the blade or block for accommodating an anch... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141906 | Brush holder apparatus, brush assembly, and method Devices and methods of use for brush holders are disclosed. A brush holder assembly including a brush catch and a brush release is disclosed. Also illustrated is a brush holder assembly including a first portion in sliding engagement with a second portion. Sliding e... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122935 | Brush holder apparatus, brush assembly, and method Devices and methods of use for brush holders are disclosed. A brush holder assembly including a brush catch and a brush release is disclosed. Also illustrated is a brush holder assembly including a first portion in sliding engagement with a second portion. Sliding e... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7062858 | Hand tool and knife for deburring A hand tool for deburring is provided, as well as a cutting blade to be inserted into the tool, the tool comprising a housing, and a rotatable holding device, the holding device being positioned in and being rotatable in the housing and having a chamber for releasab... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6957934 | Wallboard rasp A wallboard rasp having an expanded metal blade mounted to a molded plastic handle. The handle is configured with a downwardly-opening receiving groove for receipt of an upwardly-curved perimeter portion of the blade. Sections of the blade's perimeter may be crimped... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955344 | Tool and connector system for clamping A system of tools and connector assemblies can be erected in numerous arrangements and configurations, in positive, selected interrelationships, for the mounting and support of a workpiece or the like. Engagement portions on the tools are clamped by the clamping blo... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6939089 | Surform file holder with tensioning adjustment A file holder configured to attach a prior art surform file to a prior art linear sander. The file holder includes conventional mounting means allowing it to be attached to the linear sander. A clip recess is provided on the file holder's first end. This feature is ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6905290 | Hand rasp with groove blade and adjustable guide for scoring construction material An improved hand rasp comprises a planar plate with an anterior surface and an opposing posterior surface. An ergonomic handle is affixed to the anterior surface of the plate. A groove blade is removably affixed to the posterior surface of the plate by attachment me... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6792738 | Pack wrapper opening system A system for removing a plastic wrapper from a package using a device including a horizontal panel having a planar upper surface and a planar lower surface. An abrasive sheet is secured to the planar upper surface of the horizontal panel. The package is rubbed again... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6585458 | File adapter for power saw tool A file adapter for a motor driven workpiece cutting tool comprises a power head reciprocating an elongate file coupled to a ram-rod reciprocated thereby on a forwardly projecting axis. The adapter includes a forwardly extending member carried by the power... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6554547 | Tire rasp blade and method of use In an arrangement of rasp blades on a tire buffing machine, adjacent rasp blades in a stack of blades are mounted to the rasp hub. The blades are placed in alternating relations such that the teeth on one blade are staggered relative to the teeth on adjac... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6494647 | Curved file apparatus Curved file apparatus includes a base element having a straight file on a top surface and a curved element secured to the base element. The curved element includes a convex bottom file surface and a pair of flat file surfaces on the sides of the curved el... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6405615 | Fixture for snowboard edge finishing tool A fixture for positioning an abrasive tool above a running surface of a snowboard for beveling a snowboard edge including a head having one or more feet, each foot including an indexing portion for indexing the fixture against a marginal side of the snowb... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6261031 | Hand operated sanding tool A hand-powered sanding tool utilizes a rigid sanding plate, such as one made of steel. The sanding plate has a plurality of material removal teeth on at least one side for removing material from a workpiece, such as for sanding a board or a wall. The sand... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6142715 | File adapter for power saw tool A motor driven power hand tool and adapter reciprocating a modified hand file in pressured engagement with a work piece by manipulating a lever resistance intermediate the opposite ends of a file which becomes a second class lever operating with a fulcrum... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6109619 | Back up gripping and a universal tool holder A method for gripping such objects as tool bits and other implements is an extension of principles employed by tool holders currently in use, which grip at one (primary) position along the shank length. This invention provides auxiliary gripping, or what ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5997221 | Channel rasp A rasp is formed for removing material at a cut edge of a structure, such as drywall cut to size. Unlike prior drywall rasps, the rasp of the invention is formed with a rigid, channel-shaped grip defining a generally U-shaped, downwardly facing, concave i... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5896621 | Tool handle A handle for hand-held tools, particularly files, that have an end portion (3) for insertion into the handle (1). The handle includes at least two parts (4, 5) which are separated in the insertion direction of the end portion of the tool and includes end-... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5885035 | Trowel filer A filing tool for filing trowel edges includes a metal file and a body to contain and hold the file in a securely clamped arrangement. The body forms a relatively narrow guide slot which is given generally parallel side walls as well as a generally open b... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5823719 | Drywall rasp A rasp tool for smoothing the rough edges of cut drywall and the like including an elongated housing which is substantially U-shaped in cross-section and which defines a pair of legs disposed spaced relative to one another with each leg defining a distal ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5762344 | Handle for a file having polygonal cross section A file of polygonal cross section is secured frictionally in a hole of a handle. The hole has as many corners as the file, and a surface extends between adjacent pairs of the corners of the hole. Each of those surfaces includes a concave segment and a con... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5586842 | File grinder The present invention provides an improved abrading and cutting composite structure containing a plurality of blades and openings, as a multipurpose tool in construction and automotive fields.... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5350381 | Orthopedic broach handle apparatus A broach handle for use with an orthopedic broach includes an elongated handle having one end portion for making a connection with the broach and another end portion for gripping by the user and having an anvil that allows the handle to be hammered. A rot... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5271135 | Deburring tool A hand-held deburring tool comprising a handle member with a distal end having a cavity therein, within which a unirotary ratchet bearing is disposed. The unirotary ratchet bearing has a deburring tip element-receiving bore therein for engaging the shank ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5213207 | Chain saw file case A chain saw file case is arranged for the mounting and securement of a chain saw file to protect the relatively brittle file for maintaining its integrity and continued use. The case includes a cap threadedly securable within a base, with the cap and base... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5174173 | Round file holder for a chain saw sharpener An improved round file holder having guide rails along the edges thereof for use in conjunction with a chain saw filing guide for sharpening chain saws and having a pair of identical stringer secured together to support the files from the ends thereof and... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5136744 | Fishing tool A multi-purpose fishing tool to aid in the cutting of line and the maintenance of fish hooks and flies is disclosed. The fishing tool comprises two normally spaced-apart hand grips that are attached to a common flexure assembly. A knife blade is mounted t... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5042127 | Recessed file retention tool A clamping handle assembly useful in grasping the edges of a flat file includes two handle halves joined to each other by threaded fasteners. Each of the handle halves is provided with an opposing groove within which the file is received. The groove botto... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4941246 | Rasping device The improved rasping device can be either a rasp or file and includes an elongated blade with a plurality of rasping protrusions on the middle portion thereof and with an integral narrow tang extending rearwardly thereof along the longitudinal midline the... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4934034 | Tool holder assembly for a portable machining device A holder for holding a tool to be reciprocated comprising a reciprocating rod having a column-like hollow opened at the front end thereof, a holder piece having first and second ends and inserted into the hollow of said rod, said holder piece further havi... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4665778 | Torque loaded ski tuning device A device for sharpening skis having metal edges is disclosed. The device employs at least two spaced apart edge sharpening tools, such as files, which straddle the ski edges. Each file is connected to a constant torque device. In this manner the edge shar... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4663993 | Hand operated device for the treatment of ski edges A hand device is provided with two individual pairs of surfaces, each of which includes a guide surface and a dressing surface of a tool. In that arrangement the second guide surface is wider by a multiple than the first guide surface and the second dress... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4646405 | Handle for tools having a converging tang A handle for use in connection with tool tangs of a wide variety of sizes and shapes includes a handle body molded of a plastic material and formed with a main blind bore whose end wall is formed with a centering bore of smaller diameter. The main blind b... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4633552 | Tool handle with eccentric tool gripping assembly A tool handle for a file used for sharpening of saw chains consists of two interconnected tubular parts, rotatably connected in relation to each other, and each having an outer shell member surrounding a central tube having its axis offset in relation to ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4630409 | Device for finishing the edges of skis A device for finishing the edges of a ski, comprising a base plate displaceable relative to the sliding surface of the ski, the base plate having on its lower surface two blocks on opposite sides of the device, the lower surfaces of the blocks being incli... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4601220 | Ski edge tuning tool An improved ski edge sharpening device is shown which features a body portion having first and second recesses. The first recess is adapted to retain a file at a predetermined angle to a bottom surface of the tool adapted to slide against the bottom surfa... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4594919 | Sharpening of chain saws Chain saw sharpening apparatus that incorporates a rotary file replaceably journaled in a guide structure, with the file coupled to or adapted to be coupled to an electric driving motor. The guide structure has finger or handgrip at one end remote from th... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4590651 | Sharpener for phillipshead screwdrivers The invention will sharpen worn phillipshead screwdrivers. The invention contains four files that fit into the grooves of a phillipshead screwdriver. The worn phillipshead screwdriver is sharpened when the worn phillipshead screwdriver is moved in-and-out... | 05/27/1986 |
