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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 |
| 7393346 | Disposable leak-proof containment garment A disposable, leakproof, containment garment for a wearer is formed from a liquid-impermeable containment shell in a substantially humanoid shape with elastic marginal seal areas, such as torso and appendage margins. The elastic margins are designed to conformably s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7354424 | Protective garment The invention provides protective garments that comprise a liquid impermeable garment body having an inner surface with first and second portions, an absorptive device associated with the first portion of the garment body, and fibers affixed to at least a part of th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347846 | Elastic absorbent pants having an elastic material secured in an unstretched state to an absorbant core or core pack Absorbent pants with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction at right angles to the longitudinal direction and having an absorption core arranged between a liquid-tight cover sheet and a liquid-permeable cover sheet. The diaper pants have a front portion... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7314967 | Moisture responsive sealing members in disposable absorbent articles Moisture responsive members are disposed outboard of the absorbent core within disposable absorbent articles. The moisture responsive members expand in response to moisture from the wearer of the absorbent article thereby creating a seal between the moisture respons... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7265257 | Absorbent articles comprising a bodily exudate modifying agent and a film-forming skin care formulation Absorbent articles having enhanced absorption of bodily exudates are disclosed. The absorbent articles comprise a bodily exudate modifying agent and a skin care formulation. The bodily exudate modifying agent is capable of reducing the viscosity of bodily exudates s... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252730 | Method and apparatus for applying an elastic member A method and apparatus for stretching an elastic member and applying it to an article web include a pair of wheels that rotate the elastic member. In particular, the pair of wheels engages the elastic member at an entry location on the pair of wheels and rotates the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250549 | Three-piece garment having an absorbent insert secured with variable adhesive regions An absorbent garment includes a front body panel having a terminal waist edge and a terminal crotch edge and a rear body panel having a terminal waist edge and a terminal crotch edge. The terminal crotch edge of the rear body panel is longitudinally spaced from and ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7090665 | Disposable diaper A disposable diaper that includes a cover member and a body fluid absorbent member attached to an inner side of the cover member. The absorbent member is composed of a liquid-pervious topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core member disposed therebetween. The abso... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081559 | Absorbent composite sheet and absorbent article using the same An absorbent composite sheet is thin and has a surface to be easily situated in dry condition. The absorbent composite sheet includes at least a first layer and a second layer. The first layer placed on the side of receiving a liquid is a non-woven fabric fabricated... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067711 | Elongated absorbent article Disclosed is an elongated absorbent article, in which liquid passage holes and embossments are dispersed in a central region including a front portion and a rear portion. Aperture density obtained by dividing (total of areas occupied by the liquid passage holes in t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7028735 | Method and apparatus for producing elastomeric nonwoven laminates An apparatus and method for producing an elastomeric nonwoven laminate including a plurality of elastic strands joined to a nonwoven web in a controlled distribution is provided. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a plurality of elastic strands onto a ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7001368 | Disposable pull-on wearing article A disposable pull-on wearing article folded along a folding zone extending across a crotch region in a transverse direction so that the inner surface of the article comes in contact with itself. The folding zone is formed at a position displaced toward a front waist... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6987210 | Protective undergarment A protective undergarment including an integrally formed undergarment body formed of a liquid impermeable material, and an absorptive pad associated with the integrally formed undergarment body. ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6906534 | Breathable moisture barrier for an occupant sensing system A breathable moisture barrier suitable for use in enclosing flexible electrodes, foam substrate and other electrical components within a substantially liquid impervious environment without significantly impairing the ability of electrical sensors to accurately measu... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902793 | Stretchable composite sheet and process for forming the same with a plurality of gathers Here is disclosed a composite sheet comprising substantially non-stretchable nonwoven fabric sheets and a plurality of elastic members extending in a transverse direction and spaced one from another in a longitudinal direction by a given spacing wherein the elastic ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6720388 | Polypropylene fibres A polypropylene blend including from 0.5 to 50% by weight of a syndiotactic polypropylene having a multimodal molecular weight distribution and at least 50% by weight of an isotactic polypropylene. ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6647600 | Hook and loop fastener for flat materials A hook and loop fastener for flat structures, particularly for textile products, having a hook part and an interlocking part, the interlocking part being made of a nonwoven composite having worked-in, textured, polymeric threads, the nonwoven composite be... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6537935 | High strength nonwoven fabric and process for making A nonwoven fabric sheet comprising a multiplicity of generally parallel elongate strands of inelastic thermoplastic material extending in a first direction in spaced relationship, each of said strands having opposite elongate side surface portions that ar... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6479061 | Absorbent structure including a thin, calendered airlaid composite and a process for making the composite The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6451429 | Temperature sensitive polymers and water-dispersible products containing the polymers The present invention is directed to a novel process of making N-isopropyl acrylamide (NiPAm) polymers based upon the reaction of poly(acrylic acid) and N-isopropylamine. The disclosed method of the present invention uses polyacrylic acid as a starting ma... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6423884 | Absorbent article having apertures for fecal material An absorbent article includes an outer cover and a bodyside liner. A fecal retaining structure having at least one aperture is mounted in the rear portion of the absorbent article. The retaining structure has at least one, preferably multiple, apertures s... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6368609 | Absorbent structure including a thin, calendered airlaid composite and a process for making the composite The present invention pertains to an airlaid composite which is made of pulp fibers, at least about 2% by weight bicomponent fiber, and moisture. This airlaid composite is unique in that a uniformly even composite is made which upon calendering, becomes a... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6362389 | Elastic absorbent structures An absorbent elastic nonwoven material having improved conformability includes a matrix of thermoplastic elastomeric nonwoven filaments, present in an amount of about 3 to less than 20% by weight of the absorbent elastic nonwoven material. A plurality of ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6323389 | High performance elastic composite materials made from high molecular weight thermoplastic triblock elastomers The present invention comprises a continuous feed spun bonded laminate having improved elastic properties measured at body temperature. The laminate comprises at least one first and second nonelastic layers between which is sandwiched at least one elastic... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6313372 | Stretch-activated elastic composite A stretch-activated elastic composite includes a non-woven fabric having a potential elongatability of higher than 100% in a predetermined direction, and an elastically recoverable, elastic sheet. The elastic sheet in its unstretched state is partially bo... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6221062 | Stretchable absorbent structure The present invention relates to a simple, cost-effective stretchable, superabsorbent material-containing absorbent structure that provides the superabsorbent material particles therein with improved liquid holding capacity. The stretchable absorbent stru... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6087550 | Non-woven application for water dispersable copolyester This invention relates to water responsive thermoplastic compositions and articles constructed thereof. This invention particularly relates to thermoplastic copolyester compositions useful for the manufacture of disposable articles such as disposable diap... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6077588 | Continuous solid state web coating process and webs produced thereby One or more particulate active agents are fused to the surface of a substrate web by mixing the particulate agents with a particulate binder having a particle size not exceeding an average diameter of approximately 40 microns and coating the composite mix... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6068620 | Absorbent laminate A disposable absorbent garment comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet is disclosed. The absorbent core is formed from at least one and preferably more than one laminate comprising three layers,... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6028240 | Disposable diaper that stretchably conforms to a wearer Disclosed is a disposable protective garment adapted to stretchably conform to the body of a wearer, the garment being composed of at least one piece of a reversibly-necked material which is adapted to have recoverable stretch in at least one direction. T... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5972806 | Absorbent articles having undergarment covering components with zones of extensibility The present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, and incontinence pads. More particularly, the present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as sanitary napkins, that have undergarment covering components... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5951536 | Stretchable absorbent articles The present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins worn by women. More particularly, the present invention relates to absorbent articles, such as thin sanitary napkins, that are stretchable, especially in the longitudinal directi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5938651 | Resilient material and disposable, absorbent article comprising such a material A disposable, absorbent article such as a diaper or an incontinence guard includes an absorbent pad disposed between inner and outer casing layers. At least one of the inner and outer casing layers is made of an elastic material having areas from which ma... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5932497 | Breathable elastic film and laminate A soft, breathable elastic laminate of an elastic film loaded with a filler having a particle size suitable for pore formation and stretched in at least two directions to form a plurality of micropores bonded to a nonwoven web. In accordance with one embo... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5921973 | Nonwoven fabric useful for preparing elastic composite fabrics The invention is directed to composite elastic nonwoven fabrics and processes for producing the same. The fabric includes a layer of inelastic continuous or staple fibers formed from a blend of polyethylene and polypropylene laminated to an elastic layer.... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5916203 | Composite material with elasticized portions and a method of making the same A method of making a composite material having elasticized portions includes supplying a web of temperature sensitive elastic material, applying a microwave sensitive material to selected regions of the elastic material and subsecting the composite materi... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5891121 | Absorbent articles having undergarment covering components especially suited for folding around the edges of an undergarment Absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, and incontinence pads are disclosed that have undergarment covering components (or "side wrapping elements") that extend from the main body portion of the absorbent article and automatically fold ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5885681 | Molten adhesive fibers and products made therefrom Absorbent products and components for use in absorbent products are disclosed. These absorbent products comprise pressure-sensitive adhesive microfibers and thermoplastic polymer microfibers, that when incorporated into absorbent products provide good liq... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5846232 | Absorbent article containing extensible zones An absorbent article includes extensible zones. These extensible zones enable the absorbent article to expand and fit a broad size range of users. The extensible zones enable a broad range of adjustment in waist and leg opening dimensions by extension and... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5807368 | Disposable garment formed from an elastic film laminate An elastic film is provided with non-elastic regions and elastic regions formed from a multi-layer film of an elastomeric layer and relatively inelastic layers(s).... | 09/15/1998 |
