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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 |
| 7364176 | Vehicular anti-vibration structure A suspension bushing is provided in a connection between a lower arm supporting a drive front wheel and a subframe. The suspension bushing includes an inner cylindrical portion secured to the subframe, an outer cylindrical portion secured to the lower arm, and a rub... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7331548 | Control linkage for T-tail aircraft elevator surfaces Systems and methods for implementing control linkages that may be employed to produce synchronous motion in two adjacent controlled devices controlled by a common input. In one example implementation, a semi-rigid modified constant velocity (CV) joint control linkag... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7264079 | Steerable rear tractor suspension A steerable rear suspension for a tractor includes a chassis comprising a front end, a rear end, a left side and a right side; an engine mounted on the chassis; a pair of steerable front wheels coupled to the front end, left and right side of the chassis; a left rea... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252173 | Differential gear for a vehicle A differential (2) for a vehicle is proposed for the apportionment of a drive torque conducted via a drive shaft on a crown gear (7). The drive torque is engendered by a motor (1) onto two output shafts (3, 4) and differential is to serve... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7232004 | Low load floor motor vehicle A step-down power transfer device for providing a dropped drive line in a front engine and rear drive vehicle. The step-down power transfer device is preferably chain or gear driven. A preferred vehicle a includes a power train having a longitudinally mounted front ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7048285 | Reactive axle and suspension for a vehicle A rotary force when applied to an axle causes the wheel (10) to turn but the vehicle itself reacts to this rotation with an equal and opposite force and rotates the vehicle in the opposite direction lifting the front of the vehicle when accelerating forward. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7025167 | Shaft to transfer torque in a vehicle One preferred embodiment of the invention is a shaft to transfer torque in a vehicle including a first member having internal splines and a second member having external splines engagable with the internal splines to allow telescopic movement between the first membe... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6942050 | Snowmobile front suspension system and method The snowmobile having a longitudinal axis, a chassis, a pair of skis each having a steering spindle, and a suspension system. The suspension system comprises, for each ski, a first control arm pivotally mounted to the chassis for pivotal movement about a first pivot... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6915873 | Suspended drive axle and agricultural tractor with same A suspended drive axle and agricultural tractor having same including a central housing having inboard final drives and left and right axle housing suspended therefrom by upper and lower control arms with axle shafts extending outwardly therefrom to which wheel and ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6779623 | Suspended drive axle and agricultural tractor with same A suspended drive axle and agricultural tractor having same including a central housing having inboard final drives and left and right axle housing suspended therefrom by upper and lower control arms with axle shafts extending outwardly therefrom to which wheel and ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6722994 | Suspended drive axle and agricultural tractor with same A suspended drive axle and agricultural tractor having same including a central housing having inboard final drives and left and right axle housing suspended therefrom by upper and lower control arms with axle shafts extending outwardly therefrom to which wheel and ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6588535 | Vehicle frame assembly A vehicular frame assembly 10 having a pair of members 12, 14 which are generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of symmetry 16 of the vehicle which is constructed by use of the frame assembly 10. Each member 12, 14 is connected by use of members 11, 1... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6267197 | Axle shaft spacer member An axle shaft spacer member for use with a suspension lift kit. The spacer member enables the wheel spindle of a vehicle to be moved laterally a desired distance, which in turn enables the upper control arms associated with the wheel spindle to be lowered... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6105984 | Independent coil spring suspension for driven wheels A modular independent coil spring suspension for steerable/non-steerable wheel assemblies and driven/non-driven axles having a single coil spring with a low spring rate secured (a) to the lower of two vertically spaced control arms which connect the chass... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6039351 | Motor vehicle rear structure A rear structure of a motor vehicle increases the packaging flexibility within the body structure area above a differential unit (36) such that a third row seat (110) may readily be incorporated therein. The rear structure includes a floor pan (14) and a ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5911286 | Independent suspension and halfshaft assembly with double crown spline joint An independent suspension and rear halfshaft assembly for a vehicle having at least one wheel, a frame and at least one source of torque transmission, comprising at least one rigid arm hingedly connected to the frame and connected to the wheel, a Cardan t... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5402859 | Partially sprung differential system for a driving axle independent or deDion suspension system A partially sprung differential gear system for a driving axle independent or deDion suspension system which embodies the mounting of the differential gear system to the suspension system such that the differential gear unit thereof travels in a ratio pro... | 04/04/1995 |
| 4865350 | Vehicle suspension system A rear suspension system comprising a rear differential gear mechanism for transmitting a driving force to rear wheels through rear axles, a suspension support member for supporting the rear differential gear mechanism, a pair of front lateral links exten... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4796722 | Drive shaft apparatus for transverse engine vehicle A drive shaft apparatus for transverse engine vehicles including an opening portion formed in a bracket in the radial direction into which a pressing mechanism with an elastic body is fitted from the outside of the bracket, thereby pressing the outer peri... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4722544 | Mounting assembly for unsteerable wheels An axle and suspension assembly for mounting two unsteerable wheels of a motor vehicle comprises a crosspiece secured by means of elastic mounting bodies to a rigid structure of the vehicle. The mounting bodies have different stiffnesses in different dire... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4641854 | Wheel suspension for a vehicle A wheel suspension in a vehicle having a frame structure and a drive shaft mounted on the frame structure for driving a wheel to rotate about a wheel shaft thereof, includes a trailing arm having a front end pivotably connected to the frame structure and ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4632203 | Independent wheel suspension system using thrust bearing constant velocity universal drive joints as suspension members to minimize wheel camber An independent wheel suspension system having an angle of at least five degrees between a wheel axis and a drive axis, the drive axis being established by a drive shaft coupling an outboard constant velocity joint within a wheel assembly with an inboard c... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4611681 | Independent wheel suspension system using thrust bearing constant velocity universal drive joints as suspension members An independent wheel suspension system having at least two indispensable suspension members, the first of which includes two couplings one of which is a constant velocity universal joint connected by a drive shaft to the other coupling, the balls of the c... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4355696 | Axle suspension for the driven axle of a road vehicle Axle suspension for a road vehicle, particularly a motor bus, including a subframe arranged between the drive wheels and the vehicle body. The subframe encompasses a torsionally flexible, flexurally rigid cross support member having rigidly fastened there... | 10/26/1982 |
