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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 |
| 8016153 | Method and apparatus for attaching a lid to an insulated container A connecting device for attaching a lid to an insulated container. The connecting device has a barb arranged and configured to be inserted into a socket and to engage the walls of the socket upon rotation. The barb may engage the walls of the socket by displacing ma... | 09/13/2011 |
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| 7090095 | Storage/transport box with removable hinged cover A reusable transport/storage box has a side wall having a horizontal upper flange formed with a longitudinally extending and vertically throughgoing slot having a predetermined longitudinal effective length and formed with a transversely inwardly open short cutout. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048158 | Elongated orifice closure A closure and container package are provided in which the closure has an elongated orifice. A spout cover disposed on an underside surface of the cap portion of the closure receives a spout portion disposed about the orifice. A spud urges the spout into contact with... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6942097 | Protective food storage container A protective food storage container includes a first member and a second member that are engageable with one another, with at least one of the first and second members being corrugated, and with at least a portion of the first and second members engaged with one ano... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6892897 | Collapsible storage device with movable closure element A collapsible storage device comprising a resilient frame and sheet material with respect to which the frame is located. The resilient frame and sheet material form the side walls of the device and are movable between a flattened condition and an erected condition t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6761279 | Combined container and closure A package, particularly suited for containing viscous foodstuff, comprising a wide-mouth generally rectangular container and a dispensing closure. The closure seals onto the container with a push-on motion and includes a resealable flip-up hinged lid. The container ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6742666 | Container lid with flip door A lid for a container is provided generally comprising a main body and a door having a flip section pivotally connected to a push section, the push section pivotally connected to the main body. The main body includes a recess that defines a pivot wall. The flip sect... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6702137 | Plug structure for liquid container A plug for a liquid container comprises an outer plug, an inner plug and a fixing device. The outer plug is substantially a cylinder shape with a bottom wall and detachably installed onto a liquid container, wherein a liquid passage hole is penetrated thr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6637618 | Covering device for a container A covering device for a container (1) having an annular rim (2), such as a drink can, a yogurt cup, a glass, or the like. The device includes a lid (4) adapted for pivoting about an axis (3) on a holder (5) that is adapted for securing the device on the c... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6626315 | Direct injection molded closure and method therefor A form, fill and seal packaging machine for forming, filling and sealing a carton, molds a closure directly onto the carton. The machine includes a carton erection station adapted to receive a carton in a generally flat form and to erect the flat form car... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6523713 | Stackable hinged container lid having detents A lid and a container using the lid are disclosed, the lid having a central panel of paperboard with a resilient plastic skirt joined about its perimeter. A metal foil membrane having heat activated adhesive layers is attached to the lid and the rim of th... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6474493 | Assembly articulated by a hinge with assisted opening/closing An assembly includes a first part and a second part articulated to the first part. A label is bonded onto at least a portion of the surface of each of the first and second parts. The label has at least one connecting strip capable, when the assembly is be... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6431393 | Storage device with closure A storage device (2) comprising a resilient frame (6) held in a housing with respect to sheet material, the resilient frame (6) and sheet material forming the sidewalls (4) of the device (2). The resilient frame (6) is movable between a flattened conditio... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6375028 | Closure device for containers An improved sealing device for a container is provided with a sealing member that varies the sealing capacity of the device in response to pressure changes within the container. The sealing member is further provided with very small vent channels that aid... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6360909 | Container closure having a frangible seal A closure for sealing a product container. The closure includes a body, a frangible seal and a lid. The body includes a flange which projects downward from the seal and a skirt which projects upward from the seal. The flange is engagable with the interior... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6347716 | Flip top cap with tamper evident flap A flip top closure has a tamper evident flap and is used on a container with a neck and an opening therein. the neck has an outer surface with retaining means for the closure thereon. The closure has two sections that are hinged to one another and with ea... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6325231 | Container for foodstuffs The invention provides a container (2) with a container shroud (1) which has a base (4) and a top (3) and at least the top (3) is made of plastic and has a reclosable discharge aperture (23), with the top (3) having a lower circumferential edge (26) to co... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6283317 | Synthetic top with articulated cap on a ring The present invention is directed towards a top for closing a container, comprising a hinge for articulating the cap on the ring at the container opening plane or above the latter. The top further comprises a boss projecting inside the top provided on the... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6234334 | Single-piece plastic lid A single-piece plastic lid, having a lower part and a cap. The cap is connected to the lower part via a hinge. The lid has a guarantee strip to ensure that the lid cannot be opened unnoticed and that the lid cannot be removed from the container without da... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6145688 | Closure device for containers An injection molded assembly forming a sealing device for a threaded or non-threaded container using a double cap concept with pressure responsive convex sealing; also disclosed is a wiping mechanism, a one piece construction, a tamper resistant construct... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6116441 | Dual tamper evident closure A dual tamper evident closure for sealing the neck portion of a container. The closure which is preferably made of one single piece of plastic material, has a body with a skirt sized and shaped to fit onto and be screwed or otherwise detachably fixed to t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6039197 | Method and apparatus for securing the same hinged lid assembly to each of a plurality of different containers A closure assembly to facilitate the sealing of each of a series of necked containers, each of different body configurations and contours, with the same hinged lid. The invention thus obviates the need for relatively complex and costly molds and effects s... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5988424 | Hinged lid closure dispensing capsule A hinge flap capsule for containing a pourable material or articles being capable of non-destructive opening and re-sealing where the capsule is formed of a shell container and a cap interference fit thereto and the hinge flap is integrally formed with th... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941412 | Detachable hinge system for containers A detachable hinge system 10 for containers, including a receptacle member 20 having an upper lip portion 21 provided with a contoured recess 23, a lid member 30 having a lower lip portion 31 provided with a contoured recess 33 and a hinge member 40, incl... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5887707 | Dental prosthesis component display A dental prosthesis component container and display system for containing sterile dental prostheses and components thereof for convenient use by a dentist or oral surgeon comprising a resiliently flexible envelope in a component box, the dental prosthesis... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5615765 | Container for the reception of objects A container for the reception of objects, and especially a spectacles case, is proposed, having two mutually opposing, circular-segment-shaped half-shells for the creation of a hollow body. In order to enlarge the angle of opening between the half-shells,... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5603402 | Container for hydrocleaning apparatuses Container for hydrocleaning apparatuses, in particular compact hydrocleaning machines (16), comprising a couple of opposed and identical half-shells (12,14) hingen to one another on a first side (56) and provided each on a second side (30), opposite to th... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5541813 | Portable telephone apparatus having case with wiring member embedded in a molded plastic hinge A case houses a portable telephone apparatus having a display portion, an operating portion, a speaker portion and a microphone portion provided with respect to two main portions and a hinge portion which connects the main portions so as to be opened and ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5381920 | Tool box hinge structure A tool box includes a cover shell having a rectangular socket on a back wall thereof, a bottom shell having a rectangular socket on a back wall thereof, and a hinge connected between the rectangular socket of the cover shell and the rectangular socket of ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5069354 | Openable/closeable container including a frame for supporting a pair of tray members An openable/closeable container including a rigid frame for supporting a pair of relatively flexible tray members. The container includes a first tubular frame member having an inner surface and an outer surface. The first tubular frame member is construc... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5065878 | Housing in particular for accommodating electrical equipment, with integrable hinges The invention relates to a housing in particular for accommodating electrical equipment, with integrable hinges. The body of the housing may be joined to the cover by hinges which may be mounted as required in reserved zones formed as a hollow outside a rabbet... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5040680 | Dispensing container A dispensing container for packaging a product for presentation upon a retail shelf comprising of a bottom sheet, a thermoformed concave tray attached to the bottom sheet and defining therebetween a space, product within the space, the thermoformed concav... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4955480 | Portable insulated carrier A portable carrier for transporting pharmaceutical preparations while protecting those preparations against degradation by ambient temperature conditions, which carrier comprises three blocks of expanded polystyrene foam. One of these three blocks is a ce... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4896787 | Article with resilient hinges becoming rigid under tension An article is provided with resilient hinges becoming rigid under tension, comprising at least two rigid elements (2,3), means for hinging these two elements together and means for locking these elements with respect to each other in a folded up position.... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4896786 | Shipping container for educational materials and the like A container which includes a lower body portion to receive articles and an upper lid portion which forms a top for the body portion. An upstanding rib is provided along the upper edge of the body which is received into a mating channel on the lower edge o... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4892189 | Case for multiple compact disks A case for compact disks which comprises two case members. One edge of each of the case members is connected with connecting or hinge members. The two case members are opened and closed at these connecting members. Furthermore, latching means for holding ... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4767003 | Transparent, electrostatic protective container with readily accessible identification means A protective container is disclosed which includes an integral pocket for holding identification material relating to the contents of the container. The pocket and an associated tab over the pocket opening position the identification material such that ba... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4683927 | Toy box with removable covering A child-safe toy box includes a container and lid assembly structurally defined by self-supporting, readily flexible foam having a form fitting cover thereon which protectively encloses the foam. The cover may be of woven cloth and includes an inner porti... | 08/04/1987 |
