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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784635 | Container and lid with multiple chambers Apparatus and methods are disclosed for improved containers and lids, and combinations thereof. Multiple compartments are provided in a container, one of which can be formed as the container's handle. The lid incorporates a plurality of hinged openings situated on t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7481328 | Semi-tractor cab organizer An organizer is adapted to store and manage various items in a vehicle. The organizer includes a pair of spaced-apart sidewalls interconnected by a bottom panel with each sidewall having a front face and a rear face. One of the sidewalls is adapted to be oriented to... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7243812 | Plural chamber drinking cup The invention provides a drink mixing cup for fluids comprising an outer chamber having an outer rim disposed at its top and a chamber disposed inside the outer chamber having an inner rim disposed below the outer rim by an amount selected to optimize mixing fluids ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228789 | Beverage container A beverage container for a carbonated beverage includes a floating hollow insert (1) comprising an upper moulding (2) and a lower moulding (3) defining a chamber for containing gas, a first one-way duck-bill type valve (4) integrally form... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7182242 | Food container for use with a beverage receptacle A food container includes an upper portion having a generally frusto-conicle upwardly tapered food containing portion which is adapted to be superimposed on a cover of a beverage container with the cover serving as a base. The food container also includes an integra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165697 | Concentric two-compartment drinking vessel A two-compartment drinking vessel includes an outer drinking vessel having a closed bottom section, a generally vertical sidewall section with an upper rim there around and an open top. Within the outer vessel is an inner, closed bottom, linear vessel with a sidewal... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7131536 | Overcap packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material A packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as a CD-ROM or a DVD. The packaging device includes a first member for the storage of disc-shaped media in a chamber or cavity, which container may be attached to storage devices of vari... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118017 | Penetration resistant trunk pack for police vehicles A trunk organizer for the trunk cavity of a police vehicle that forces the orientation of long, stiff items typically carried within the trunk cavity of police vehicles into a transversely extending orientation. The transverse orientation of these items typically fo... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7069739 | Device for cooling or heating liquids in a bottle Heat-exchanging devices for cooling or heating liquids in a bottle or can, which include in a first embodiment, an elongated cooling or heating tube having a tube bore filled with a refrigerant/heating fluid such as water and sealed at the top, with liquid flow open... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036684 | Diagonally divided bottle with curved line of division distinct from edge curve A diagonally divided bottle in accordance with the preferred embodiments preferably has a greater width than depth. The bottle includes an outer wall, a diagonal inner wall and a bottom wall. The outer wall and the bottom wall cooperate to form an interior divided b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6945421 | Silverware basket with tiered compartments A silverware basket is provided for a dishwasher rack having a sloped bottom. The basket includes a plurality of compartments which are vertically tiered with respect to one another, such that the bottom of the basket matingly fits along the bottom of the rack. A ha... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932231 | Beverage cup lid with a condiment addition well A spill-resistant beverage cup lid which includes a well for adding liquid or powder condiments to a hot beverage and which also serves as a drinking portal is described. The well includes a plurality of apertures in a side wall of the well allowing the condiments t... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926152 | Display and carrying case for a doll and doll accessories A display and carrying case for a doll, a doll clothing ensemble and doll accessories is provided which includes a container defining an interior space and including transparent side walls. A handle is attached to the top member of the container. The container inclu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913777 | Portable, side-by-side compartment container and method for separately storing and dispensing two consumable products, especially cereal and milk A portable, single-use container for separately containing a first and second consumable products. The container includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a spout. The spout facilitates di... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6886710 | Stackable tray having anti-pivot stop and wash apertures A multi-purpose tray including a front, a back, a first side, a second side, and a bottom. The tray can include beams extending from the front of the tray and slots defined in the back of the tray. When two trays are stacked in opposite directions with respect to on... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6827913 | Modular sterilization tray systems for medical instruments A sterilization tray system which comprises an outer box-like case having holes in the case bottom wall through which steam or other sterilant may circulate through the case. Pairs of brackets are affixed vertically to opposite the case side and/or end walls. A plur... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6648164 | Container and lid assembly The present invention provides a pail and cradle system and method for collectively containing one or more chemicals. The cradle comprises an interior surface having an opening with a circumferential rim for reception onto the lip of a pail. The cradle fu... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6557718 | Superimposable and interpenetrable plastics box A box of plastics material, comprising a bottom wall (22) having a rectangular shape, from which a pair of longer lateral walls (28) and a pair of shorter lateral walls (24, 6) project. The box comprises a first and a second pair of support elements, in w... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6533114 | Packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such disks and material An elongated packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as, for example, a recording media disc such as a CD, a CD-ROM or a DVD, together with other materials relating to such disc or otherwise in a stacked relationship.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6502713 | Container having storage area with separate chamber A beverage container includes a container body having a shape substantially similar to a conical frustum and having a storage area defined by a side wall and a bottom wall. The container body also includes an open end for receiving a fluid for being conta... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6415940 | Compartmented container A compartmented container is formed of a can having a single wall and opposite openable ends. The container includes a divider sealingly affixed diametrically across the interior of the container, thereby defining two separate volumes within the single ca... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6367649 | Infant's feeding cup A feeding cup for infants has a main reservoir communicating through a channel to a feeding spout. Breast milk placed in the reservoir enters the spout via the channel when the cup is tilted or when the sidewalls of the reservoir are compressed to create ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6279744 | Tool kit structure A tool kit comprises a hollow case having a generally U-shaped storing space and a plurality of first spaced wave-shaped members provided on either opposing side, a hinged cover having a generally U-shaped section and second wave-shaped members formed as ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6237800 | Dual purpose water bottle Dual purpose water bottle with a water bottle having a cylindrical shape and having a perpendicularly disposed dividing wall roughly half way down the cylindrical shape and having a threaded opening on each end of the cylindrical shape, one the end receiv... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6168059 | Storage compartment with a displaceable lid arrangement A storage compartment is covered by two lids that can be opened by a handle in such a manner that the two lids expose a storage compartment from the middle to the edges. An additional compartment is connected to the handle. This compartment, depending on ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6138858 | Portable tote with assembly surface A portable tote container is provided with an open box configuration. Divider panels and a work surface are disposed within the container. The divider panels allow for parts to be organized within the tote container. The work surface has an outer layer of... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6123215 | Waste receptacle An improved waste receptacle and method for disposing of waste is disclosed. The receptacle includes a container portion configured to receive a liner therein. The container includes a pair of liner retainer elements secured to the outside surface on oppo... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109435 | Tool kit for containing truck repair tools A tool kit for containing truck or tractor repair tools and parts includes an elongate, unitary body adapted to be supported by the upper peripheral portion of a front tire on either side of a cab-over-engine tractor. The body has a front section and a re... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109470 | Container and condiment cup for refrigerated dough or like products A container for refrigerated dough or other expandable products and a condiment cup therein for containing icing and the like includes the following construction. The container has an elongate cylindrical body with an interior wall of a predetermined diam... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6006936 | Mud pan for use in dry wall construction The mud pan of this invention includes the usual trough, with a bottom wall, parallel end walls and side walls diverging upwardly from the bottom wall, and a waste receptacle comprising an outer wall that extends in diverging relation from one side wall o... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5992677 | Dual compartment beverage container Apparatus and methods for providing an improved container for holding a liquid and the manufacture thereof. The apparatus generally comprising at least two compartments wherein a first compartment may contain a readily dispensable liquid and a second comp... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5938057 | Stepped-bottom basket and basket-making method A unitary basket having at least two bottom portions at different elevations that define deep and shallow basket portions. A plurality of upsplints form a wall of the deep portion and the bottom of the shallow portion, which extends transversely from the ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5927538 | Cereal bowl A cereal bowl is partitioned providing separate compartments for cereal and milk or other liquid used with dry cereal. The liquid compartment is further divided into a liquid reservoir and a mixing compartment. The dry cereal and liquid are united one spo... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5906290 | Insulated container A insulated container adapted for insulating temperature sensitive contents from the surrounding environment. The container can have: a body including a sidewall section, a top section and a bottom section having at least one of an open-top and open-wall;... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5897840 | Multi-chambered urine specimen container for automatic extraction and high forensic integrity A urine specimen container is disclosed which includes multiple urine holding chambers and further includes a cap to be secured to the container that enables extraction of a portion of the urine specimen from one chamber within the container without conta... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5884769 | Particulate material processing tray A tray for supporting particulate material in an apparatus for processing. The tray includes an upper plate which has pluralities of associated groupings of first apertures formed therein. The tray also includes a lower plate which has a plurality of seco... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5878908 | Supplemental feeding cup for infants A supplemental feeding cup 10 for infants wherein the feeding cup 10 comprises a main receptacle member 20 having an internal channel 27 formed in the front wall 25 of the receptacle member 20. The internal channel 27 is in open fluid communication with a... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5810196 | Paint bucket A receptacle for holding a viscous mass and for providing intermittent storage of an implement for spreading the viscous mass upon a surface, the receptacle comprising a continuous sidewall having a closed lower end and extending upwardly therefrom and te... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5738241 | Multi-purpose compartmentalized craft box A substantially rectangular multi-purpose craft comprising a outwardly extending, convexly-curved front and back walls, and side walls, the front, back and side walls surrounding a main compartment, a front tray which extends outwards from the upper porti... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5685430 | Photograph and negative storage container A storage container, primarily for photographs and their negatives, is formed as a one-piece member of plastic material. A rectangular housing is formed by a base and pairs of parallel spaced sidewalls and end walls. A flat panel is pivotally mounted on t... | 11/11/1997 |
