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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 |
| 8096256 | Passively-actuated lanyard clamp A passively-actuated lanyard clamp is disclosed that provides an improved ability to deploy a terminal weight or anchor in a body of water without some of the disadvantages for doing so in the prior art. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a mechanicall... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7971548 | Shallow water anchor system for fishing boats A shallow water anchor system provides a single arm arrangement with a fixed end of the arm mounted to the transom of a boat and the distal end of the arm retaining a rod adapted to be buried into the bottom of a lake, estuary, or other shallow body of water. The fi... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7921794 | Shallow water anchor system A rod-shaped anchor has lower and upper ends and a central extent. A fixed plate and a movable plate with adjustment mechanisms couple the plates. The movable plate has an exterior end. A vertical collar slidably receives the central extent of the anchor. Driving me... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7895961 | Anchor protector An anchor protector attaches to a protruding stock of a boat anchor and minimizes damage from impact with the protruding stock. The anchor protector is buoyant and can accommodate the protruding stock of various diameters. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7870831 | Anchor with snag release mechanism An anchor incorporates a release mechanism that is releasably assembled to a shank. An anchor chain is affixed to a crown section of the anchor. The chain is slideably inserted through a tubular release mechanism body. A tension controlling mechanism is elastically ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7827927 | Anchoring system for watercraft vessels An anchoring system for a watercraft vessel, the anchoring system including an anchor bracket configured to be mountable on the watercraft vessel; a sleeve attached to the anchor bracket, the sleeve having an aperture disposed longitudinally therethrough; a sliding ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7647878 | Manually operated shallow water anchor An apparatus for anchoring a boat to a bottom of a body of water is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base securely coupled to a transom of a boat and an elongated member having a proximal end hingably coupled to the base. The apparatus further includes a spear hi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7377227 | Anchor bra An anchor bra provides an easily removable and replaceable cover over a protruding boat anchor, thereby protecting other boats and people from damage by an exposed anchor. The anchor bra is preferably formed of a buoyant and pliable marine grade plastic that covers ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7302904 | Ground anchors with compression plates Ground anchors, in particular tent stakes (100), comprise one or more inherently flexible tines (110), a ground compression plate (160), and various tie points (420, etc.) for attaching a guy rope or the like to the top of anchor. The com... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287935 | Tendon assembly for mooring offshore structure An offshore system for petroleum production has a buoyant platform. A tendon assembly secures to the platform and extends down to a counterweight located near the lower end. A piling is embedded in the sea floor. A socket at the counterweight telescopingly slides ov... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284497 | Swing mooring pontoon A swing mooring element comprising a modular pontoon (40) configured to enable two vessels (41, 42) to be moored side by side and including an area (49) between the vessels which allows a person to walk between the vessels. The pontoons (67, ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270072 | Florida anchor An anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which has an anchor sleeve containing a sleeve liner through which an anchor pole with a pointed b... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270073 | Florida anchor An aesthetically pleasing anchor system designed to quickly anchor and release a boat in shallow water with minimal effort and little to no distraction from other activities such as fishing, which has an anchor sleeve containing a sleeve liner through which an ancho... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257921 | Duck decoy anchor A banana shaped weight has a connecting eyelet on a forward end of a top side to which a line is attached to the decoy and a wider tongue member extending from a bottom side beneath the connecting eyelet. A reinforcing rib reacts any forces the tongue member may exp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243908 | Cable anchor bracket According to one embodiment, a cable anchor system for an end terminal includes a cable anchor bracket configured to couple to a guardrail, in which the cable anchor bracket includes a flat plate having an aperture formed therein and a plurality of protrusions exten... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242107 | Water-based wind-driven power generation using a submerged platform Provided are systems, methods and techniques by which a wind-powered energy generating platform, secured to an anchor, can pull (or winch) itself beneath the surface of the water and thereby avoid most of the significant effects of storms and waves. In more particul... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201624 | Mooring system A mooring system (10) is described for mooring a vessel to a floor portion of a body of water. The system (10) comprises a substantially rigid, elongate support member (12) having a connecting point (14) adjacent an upper end to which a v... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7179145 | Deployable and autonomous mooring system A self-mooring module. In particular, a self-mooring module that may be deployed by air, surface or underwater. The module includes a combination anchor/air brake, a buoy, and a mooring line. The module may also include a sensor module. The anchor, combination ancho... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174844 | Simulator and method for performing underwater submarine escape training The simulator of the present invention comprises a submersible structure to be used in a body of water, for instance a pool. This structure comprises a bell defining a main chamber. An escape tower is provided over the bell. This escape tower defines an escape chamb... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150324 | Method and apparatus for riserless drilling An offshore riserless drilling system drills a subsea borehole from a platform and through a cased borehole. The system comprises a lightweight drill string suspending a bottomhole assembly and extending from the platform downwardly through a depth of water into the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143712 | Anchor system An anchor system has two anchor members pivotally connected and spaced apart head to tail. The anchor member tied to the line is larger than the terminal anchor. The tail of the tethered anchor member rests on the head of the terminal anchor member to stabilize the ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140319 | Pile anchor with external vanes An elongated hollow member (160), as shown in FIG. 1, with longitudinally disposed external vane(s) (275A–B) for securing an offshore structure to the seafloor. The external vanes help maintain the heading and bearing of the anchor during the ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121222 | Anchor assembly and method An anchor assembly and method includes a boat that has a length less than 15 feet. A catch is attached to the boat. A housing has a first side wall, a second side wall and a peripheral wall extending there between. A spool is rotatably mounted in the housing. A rota... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121223 | Anchor An anchor having a hollow body, curved sides, and weighted ends. The anchor is attached to an anchor rode by a curved rod extending between the ends on which an anchor rode shackle or thimble may be connected for movement end to end. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117812 | Apparatus and method for gravity anchor installation Methods for installation, connection to, and use of anchors for mooring of marine structures, especially although not exclusively for gravity installed anchors, and accompanying apparatus. One embodiment comprises an anchor having recovery and load lines attached th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111576 | Anchor with smaller second fluke The present invention provides an improved anchor which is capable of being readily laid, irrespective of the holding or anchorage involved. The anchor includes a first fluke or base member (2), an elongate shank member (9) to which at least one anchor... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7072768 | Method for laterally extrapolating soil property data using soil samples and seismic amplitude data within a seismic coverage area A method for laterally extrapolating shallow soil properties using soil samples and seismic amplitude data within a seismic coverage area entails obtaining seismic amplitude data for the seismic coverage area and obtaining average soil property and soil impedance da... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065918 | Weighted fishing leader drag apparatus A weighted fishing leader drag apparatus is in the form of an elongated hydrodynamically shaped body having a plurality of resilient wings mounted to its outer surface. When the leader drag apparatus is pulled in the opposite direction of the water current, the wing... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059262 | Method of and apparatus for offshore mooring In a method of and apparatus for offshore mooring, a clamping apparatus includes a clamping mechanism and a pulley. A mooring line connected to an anchor or a pendant line connected to a vessel to be moored extends through the clamping mechanism and around the pulle... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7007622 | Adjustable boat fenders system An adjustable system is provided for remotely varying the vertical position of a plurality of boat fenders. The fenders are tied to elongated ropes which are threaded through pulley bars mounted on the guard rail of the boat. The end portion of the ropes are located... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6951183 | Marine anchor release device A marine anchor release mechanism that can be utilized on several pre-manufactured claw, plow or fluke type anchors for unsnagging the anchors from underwater obstructions. The release mechanism consists of two blade type brackets that run parallel to the shank of a... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941885 | Anchor for marine mooring Anchor for mooring of buoyant marine structures. The anchor comprises an elongated shaft with a mooring line attachment that is rotatable around the full circumference (that is, a full 360 degrees of rotation) of the anchor shaft. The lower end of the shaft comprise... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6901878 | Anchor comprising a shank Anchor comprising a fluke and a shank which at a first end is attached to the fluke and a second end that is situated opposite to the first end, is provided with means for attachments of the anchor to a penetration line or anchor line, in which the shank comprises t... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6857216 | Decoy anchor A waterfowl decoy anchor for anchoring a floating decoy in a lake or stream for attracting waterfowl to a hunting site or blind. The anchor is typically tied to an eyehole in the lengthwise keel of a decoy by means of a connecting cord having a desired length. The a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6666161 | Deluxe float in place raft A raft which has an anchoring system which holds the raft in position in a swimming pool, and which also has a securing portion for holding an anchor.... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6606829 | Land anchor The collapsible land anchor of this invention includes an anchor body, a drive anvil coupled to the top end portion of the anchor body, and a runner member that is slidable longitudinally through the drive anvil between an operative position and a collaps... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6598555 | Marine anchors A marine anchoring arrangement is described wherein a marine anchor (1, 23) is drivingly embedded vertically into a mooring bed (10) by an elongate follower (13), especially by its own weight and that of the follower. The follower (13) has a bottom clevis... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6564515 | Land anchor A land anchor for use with a winch and cable assembly affixed to a vehicle to pull the vehicle when immobilized having a fluke formed by wings shaped to penetrate into the ground and shaped to keep the fluke level during penetration into the ground, and a... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6561115 | Anchor insertion device A hand-held tool for a diver has a hollow tube to vent pressurized gas from an interconnected source through an opening in the tube. The vented pressurized gas aerates material of a seabed, and an anchoring system disposed adjacent to the tube is effortle... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6490988 | Anchor assembly for boats and watercrafts in general An anchor assembly for a watercraft comprises a spherical stainless steel-lead filled heavy body to be removably coupled to the hull of the watercraft by a stainless steel coupling cable, the heavy body being so designed as to provide a "dead body" with t... | 12/10/2002 |
