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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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| 6935083 | Skirting for manufactured and modular homes A skirting system for placement around a manufactured or modular home is provided wherein said system comprises a plurality of panels with upper and lower ends wherein the panels abut each other side to side to form a perimeter around the home. A plurality of base p... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931808 | Floor system A floor system composed of a finished flooring preferably secured to a subfloor, a plurality of shock absorber members are fixed to the bottom surface of the floor surface at spaced intervals and in which each of the shock absorber members includes an elastomeric ba... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6751913 | Vertical wall structure with electrical service A wall structure includes at least two studs that are designed to support panels front and back, and end caps or raceway channel defining members on the leading and trailing edges of the panel wall structure. Each of the studs includes sets of oppositely arranged fl... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6647691 | Track arrangement for supporting wall studs; method; and, wall framework assembly A track arrangement for supporting wall studs is provided. The track arrangement includes a central longitudinal extension, first and second sidewalls and a first stud clip arrangement comprising a pair of stud clips. In a preferred embodiment, each clip ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6640502 | Ceiling leak capture and drainage system A fluid leak capture and drainage system for ceiling leaks which includes a ceiling panel support grid and a plurality of ceiling panels mounted thereon is disclosed. The ceiling panel has a raised platform located in the center of the panel and a wall ex... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6425218 | Panel structure A panel structure for a building panel system to cover an exterior wall of a building. The panel structure comprises identical frame members fixed to the back surface of the panel, one along at least two of its edges. The frame members have mounting porti... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6418691 | Flooring The flooring includes a treading layer extending in a given plane, and supporting formations extending from the treading layer along respective directions of extension, in which at least some of the supporting formations extend with their respective direc... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6374552 | Skirting wall system A composite masonry block and wall system for skirting elevated structures. The block is shaped to be stacked in vertically independent columns, held in place by specially shaped, lightweight beams placed between adjacent columns, and also by synthetic U-... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6345478 | Method of partitioning office spaces A method of partitioning an office space includes providing an interlocking framework unit including at least one vertical framework configured to receive and support at least one partitioning material, at least one skirting framework configured to receiv... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6289647 | Wall facing system A wall facing system including elongate wall facing tiles (15) of stone material and mounting bars (11) adapted to be secured in a vertical position on a building wall to support the tiles (15) with the tiles positioned one above the other and having thei... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6170213 | Wall panel mounting system and method A wall panel mounting system for releasably securing a preformed wall panel to a wall. The system includes a bracket including a base portion adapted to be attached to the wall and at least one leg extending outwardly from the base portion. The wall panel... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6035598 | Composite panel attachment system The present invention provides a system for attaching a panel to a building wall using an elongated channel. The panel has a main panel portion, a panel edge portion and a groove therebetween. The elongated channel has a body and a pair of rails. The body... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5860264 | Gasketless aluminum frame for wardrobe doors A panel door has a generally rectangular panel which is seated in a frame provided by opposed pairs of integrally formed gasketless door stile and rail elements. Each frame element has an outer wall, a front wall, and a rear wall. The juncture of the rear... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5860257 | Bracket mounted facade structure A bracket mounted facade structure comprises a girder part, preferably horizontal girder parts (1), which with one girder part, preferably an H section girder part (2) and/or with a U section girder part fit around parts of the facade tiles (3 and 4), mor... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5797233 | Pre-spaced time-saving track for mounting studs for construction of drywall and other wall surfaces A track assembly includes a track on which several studs may be quickly fastened at predetermined intervals. The studs include a standard C-shaped member having inwardly-directed lips located on a pair of transverse walls thereon. The track assembly is pr... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5743058 | Board wall system The invention relates to a wall board suitable for fixing to two profiles (1) extending vertically along the edges of the wall board (5), wherein the wall board is adapted for gripping by the profiles in form-fitting manner. As a result of this step no us... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5713167 | Glazing system A glazing system for a sliding glass door includes an existing glass pane and an existing door frame having an existing door frame upper surface and having a glass receiving channel recessed into the existing door frame upper surface, the system including... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5701703 | Panel connector apparatus An elevationally adjustable folding stage has a frame which folds from a storage position to use position. Stage panels form a stage surface and are reversibly and interchangeably mounted. Connectors insert into passages from the stage frame through the s... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5664388 | Structural shear resisting member and method employed therein A shear resisting member of a frame structure comprising four triangular cross-section beams, each beam or stud formed from a single piece of cold formed sheet steel which is bent lengthwise along four parallel lines to form a triangular cross-section wit... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5644878 | Reusable finish trim for prefabricated clean room wall system In order to simplify the quick and easy re-construction of a clean room which is constructed of prefabricated panels that are adapted to be connected to stud members, and to avoid the use of screws and bonds, a trim system which features a plurality of di... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5590500 | Tile system A decorative and protective structural tile matrix for covering a base surface, such as a wall or countertop, is provided. A set of tiles comprise a subset of fixed tiles and a subset of removable tiles. The fixed tiles are permanently attached to the bas... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5579624 | Profile bar for the attachment of flat objects The fastening device for objects, more particularly cladding panels or parts of apparatus, comprises a profile bar receiving the object to be fastened. The profile bar is essentially formed of a center profile and a respective adjacent lateral profile on ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5475960 | Wooden frame building construction Where a structural frame has elongated spaced parallel framing members therein, longitudinally extending edges of which are substantially coplanar with one another on one side of the frame, boards of wood facing material are superimposed on the edges of t... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5390457 | Mounting member for face tiles A mounting member for mounting face tiles on a building wall comprises an elongate profile member (11) adapted to be secured in vertical position on the building wall and having longitudinally spaced support hooks (17), each adapted to support a face tile... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5377471 | Prefabricated sleeper for anchored and resilient hardwood floor system A prefabricated sleeper reduces labor costs associated with installing an anchored, resilient hardwood floor system. The prefabricated sleeper includes an elongated channel, pads located along the channel and an elongated nailing strip supported on the pa... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5363620 | Stone mounting member A stone/mount combination being mountable to a wall. The stone/mount combination consists of a stone and two mounts. The stone has two parallel edges in each of which a slit is defined. Each mount has a body, a number of fine perpendicularly extending fro... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5277009 | Exterior wall units comprising siding members and tiles According to the invention, there is provided an exterior wall unit for an exterior wall of a building structure, which comprises a siding member (10) made of a metal and one or more porcelain tiles (20) corresponding in size to and fitted to the outside ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5062249 | Furnace crown means and method The invention herein teaches a crown system for kilns and furnaces for the high temperature firing of materials. One method used in the industry for a crown system consists of supporting layers of insulation with inverted T-rails attached to bones which a... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5029425 | Stone cladding system for walls A stone cladded system for walls, including metal battens mounted in arrays of vertically extending, laterally spaced battens on a supporting wall structure of a building. Stonelike cladding members extruded or molded from cementious material are mounted ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4774792 | Exhibition display apparatus The disclosed apparatus comprises an outfit of frames of tubular steel, display boards, and securing clips. Some of the clips are frame-to-frame clips, which have symmetrical snap-on C-shaped profiles. Others of the clips are frame-to-board clips, which h... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4599963 | Boat construction Sheets of a vessel or other construction are joined edge to edge by deforming an edge of each sheet to have a projection from one face of the sheet, the deformed edge is entered into a slot of a joining strip and the outstanding projections are moved acro... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4425740 | Edge connected three dimensional structures The invention comprises means of constructing insulated enclosures and structures for housing, storage, emergency shelter and vacation homes. The structural materials required comprise principally only two components, panels of plastic insulating foam and... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4291512 | Joints A jointing member for supporting one or more sheets of material comprises a hollow cylindrical member divided longitudinally into several separate compartments each having an external wall formed with a slot. The walls are flexible and the edges of the sl... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4262465 | Mounted device for panel elements, especially for buildings or the like The invention relates to a mounting device for panel elements, especially for buildings and the like, which mounting device includes a number of mounting bars, which are mounted on the surface to be covered by the panel elements which are provided with a ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4245446 | Fusible panel clip A one-piece panel clip is provided which is adapted to support a plurality of elongate ceiling panels so as to form a ceiling construction. The panel clip comprises a planar support strip which mates with the under surface of a ceiling support rail and in... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4205496 | Wall paneling system A wall paneling system consisting of a strip horizontally secured to an abutment and provided with a continuous groove, a first support provided with a head positioned within the groove of the strip and configured so as to permit the first support when so... | 06/03/1980 |
| 3999346 | Snap interlock deck structure An aluminum deck structure, of the general type in which floor joists support and are secured to transverse decking members, is characterized by an assembly arrangement permitting rapid and inexpensive installation of decking members on floor joists witho... | 12/28/1976 |
