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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 |
| 8065762 | Hammock arch A hammock support is provided that includes an arched structure supported by tripod leg supports. The arched support is preferably a truss structure that provides multiple attachment points to support a hammock bed for varying the types, lengths, and heights of hamm... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7996935 | Credible and light foldable hanging bed A light and credible foldable hanging bed having a frame and a fabric attached thereto. The frame has seats and successive supporting arms linked thereto. Linking poles are provided to move the supporting arms and sponge sleeves may be used for holding by hands of a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7895686 | Portable folding hammock A folding hammock has a frame formed of seven segments including elongated members connected in swivel connection to each other. The frame includes a front segment, a rear segment, a middle segment formed between the front segment and the rear segment and a pair of ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7735166 | Hammock assembly and associated method A multi-functional hammock assembly for providing user comfort and enjoyment may include first and second elongated rectilinear poles, a hammock, and first and second sleeves slidably positioned about the bottom ends of the first and second poles. The hammock assemb... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7571499 | Support device An apparatus or support having a hammock member, a hammock support member, and a frame that can be disposed in an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The hammock member has a first end portion connected to a first end portion of the frame and a sec... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7441287 | Collapsible hammock stand A hammock stand has a plurality of legs, support rods, and a cross brace that couples at least one leg to at least one of the support rods such that the hammock stand collapses in a single movement. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7406726 | Folding hammock stand or frame Four cross member struts, two on each long side of an open hammock frame, permit full collapse of the frame for closure and transportation when the cross member struts are composed of an unbroken tube pivotally connected with a second tube divided into two overlappi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7395561 | Support device An apparatus or support having a hammock member, a hammock support member, and a frame that can be disposed in an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The hammock member has a first end portion connected to a first end portion of the frame and a sec... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380880 | Free standing seating suspension frame A free standing frame for suspending a seat therefrom and for relative back and forth swinging thereto, comprises a support base wherein a pair of rear legs are longer than a pair of front legs to provide stability, a pair of frame sections that are assembleable to ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367068 | Overhead supported hammock bed A hammock/hanging bed with a web stretched across a typically round support frame and supported via tension member lines/rods/material to one or more overhead points. The device is extremely stable and has excellent strength to weight ratio. The web can be drawn tau... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7340789 | Over-bed support structure A structure positioned over a bed and able to support up to 200 pounds, which allows persons involved in sexual intercourse to position their bodies in ways that may be more comfortable, or more pleasurable, if one of the participants is able to support some or all ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322056 | Adult bed An over-bed structure for a bed a bed including such a structure provides a plurality of members in a predominantly horizontal array supported on bed corner posts at a height above the mattress height. The horizontal array of members may be used as supports by perso... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7272865 | Support and method of using the same An apparatus or support having a frame that can be disposed in an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame includes a first end portion, a second end portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, and several connectors. Each of the con... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7243383 | Modular superstructure for supporting multiple hammocks A system of tripods, bipods and/or unipods is used to support a polygonal array of horizontal spars joined by connector hubs. The array may be extended indefinitely, in order to support a desired number of hammocks. As few as three different stock components are req... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7213277 | Rocking bed A rocking bed includes: a bed frame including two curved rods, each of which has first and second ends, a first section extending from the first end, and a second section extending from the first section to the second end, the first section having a curvature greate... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168666 | Portable support structure The present invention is a device having at least two strut assemblies joined together to form a free standing support that is both portable and collapsible. Components may be joined to one another by a flexible cord, and a flexible load bearing web to limit the max... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152258 | Forked hammock support structure A stand is described for supporting a hammock, the stand comprising several tubular members which can be assembled into an arc shaped stand having a support hook on one end and two horizontally spaced support hooks on the opposite end. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145330 | Scanning magnetic microscope having improved magnetic sensor A scanning magnetic microscope SMM (20) includes a sensor (10) for sensing a magnetic field generated by a specimen (78), the sensor including one of a MTJ, a GMR, or an EHE sensor; translation apparatus (22A–C, 52) for translati... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7089610 | Portable hammock A portable, collapsible hammock for outdoor use has a body support surface being suspended on a position above and not touching the ground. The hammock also has a support frame comprising a pair of inclined upright arms, between which there is at least one X-scissor... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082629 | Knock-down hammock stand A hammock stand is described that can be assembled from a plurality of tubular members. The tubular members are of similar dimensions and to some extent interchangeable. This allows the stand, in disassembled form to be contained in a relatively small box for shippi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073220 | Bed siderail having a latch A patient support including a frame, a mattress supported by the frame, and siderails supported by the frame. A latch member is configured to prevent vertical movement of the siderail. A latch position indicator is configured to provide an indication of the position... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7051385 | Portable hanging cot A portable, suspendable cot used in rock climbing and the like includes a collapsible frame supporting a webbing therebetween. The frame includes linkages that pivot from a parallel orientation in a closed position to an orthogonal angle (for rectangular frames) or ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7020915 | Hammock A hammock has a bed formed from a blank of flexible fabric. The blank is defined by opposed ends and opposed sides, the ends and sides of the blank coinciding with opposed ends and opposed side edges of the hammock respectively. Each side of the blank tapers inwardl... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014269 | Chair back construction A back for a chair includes fabric panel with a flexible carrier attached to the panel around its periphery. The carrier is configured to be secured along a bottom edge to a bottom portion of a chair back frame member. The carrier is also secured to two vertical fra... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010819 | Universal hammock support According to one embodiment of the invention, a hammock support includes a helically shaped support member having a first end and a second end, the support member adapted to rest on a base and a pair of stability members coupled to the support member and adapted to ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6973687 | Foldable stand for a hammock A foldable stand, which is for suspending a hammock above the ground, includes a base unit and a supporting unit. The base unit includes an elongate base, and a pair of lateral members, each of which is coupled pivotally to the elongate base. The supporting unit inc... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966084 | Support and method of using the same An apparatus or support having a frame that can be disposed in an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame includes a first end portion, a second end portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, and several connectors. Each of the con... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6954950 | Foldable hanging bed A foldable hanging bed includes a hanging bed fabric, main support tubes, pillar support tubes, pillars tubes, side support tubes, transverse connecting tubes, iron check elements, hanging chain fitting elements, and shoes. The upper portion of each of the main supp... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6934982 | Reading hammock A hammock is described that has a concave across the mid portion of its hammock bed, a rigid curved bar extending between opposite sides of the hammock bed, beneath its concave, and a flexible strap extending taut between opposite ends of the rigid curved bar beneat... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934983 | Hammock hanging apparatus An apparatus is provided for hanging a hammock with opposing ends using a single vertical support, comprising: an elongated arm having opposing ends and a longitudinal axis; a butt plate fixedly connected to one end of the arm so as to be substantially perpendicular... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931678 | Water-swung hammock A water-swung hammock includes a floatable body for supporting a main body frame including at least one leg support for securing the main body frame to the floatable body. A staging platform may be coupled to the main body frame and capable of supporting a user. A s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931679 | Foldable stand for a hammock A foldable hammock stand includes an elongate base that has opposite left and right end portions, a pair of first lateral members coupled pivotally to the left end portion of the elongate base, a pair of second lateral members coupled pivotally to the right end port... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6912744 | Suspended furniture assembly A suspended furniture assembly includes a suspended chair assembly and a suspended hammock assembly. The suspended chair assembly comprises a chair including a back support, a bottom support and arm support members, suspended from a chair suspension frame assembly b... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6851138 | Hammock system A hammock system for allowing an individual to efficiently enter and exit the hammock in a safe manner. The hammock system includes a support frame, and a cradle frame having opposing ends pivotally attached to the support frame. The cradle frame has a middle sectio... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6842920 | Arched hammock stand A stand is described for supporting a hammock, the stand having a set of two legs on each end. The two sets of legs are joined together by a covering arch which extends up and over the hammock providing shade therefor. ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6748616 | Hammock with a support assembly A support assembly for a hammock includes a base unit having a base body and a tubular member extending upwardly from the base body to define a shaft-receiving bore therein, and a canvas-mounting unit including a shaft that is mounted rotatably in the shaft-receivin... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6711764 | Faux bamboo hammock stand A hammock stand includes faux bamboo nodes formed periodically along the tubular component, which a color highlighted for simulating a bamboo appearance. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6470518 | Hammock assembly A hammock assembly has a bed net, a pair of support frames to support the bed net, and a connection tube set. The connection tube set has a first tube and a second tube engaging with the first tube. The first tube has a distal protrusion. The second tube ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6467109 | Hammock assembly A hammock assembly has a bed net, and a foldable support frame. The bed net has two opposite hoop devices. The foldable support frame has a pair of base rods, a pair of left lifting rods, a pair of right lifting rods, two pairs of connectors, two pairs of... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467110 | Dock post supported hammock A hammock and support system is disclosed which uses a simple boat dock post and dock structure to support the entire weight of a hammock and person lying in the hammock.... | 10/22/2002 |
