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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 |
| 7975885 | Garment hanger A garment hanger includes a body having a hook member that extends outwardly from a cross bar that has a first end and an opposite second end. The cross bar has a first end portion that terminates at the first end, a second end portion that terminates at the second ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7404503 | Compact clothes hanger A compact clothes hanger having a straight member having a hooked end and an opposite end perpendicularly secured between a first end and a second end disposed opposite the first end of a horizontal top arm. A recessed area centrally disposed between the first end a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7370779 | Coat hanger extension sleeve Apparatus 10 discloses a stackable extension sleeve for a coat hanger 22. The stackable extension sleeve is comprised of a unitary body having a curvilinear top surface 26 sloping down from a central aperture 14 with a back wall 28... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350682 | Rigid clip support member for packs, bags and other articles A rigid, flexible weight support clip for over-the-back mounted packs, bags, and other articles. In one embodiment, the clip is located within the interior of a back pack and includes arms adapted to protrude through apertures defined in the pack and extend through ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350680 | Radiation garment holder and methods A radiation garment holder for mounting on a wall or other suitable surface. The holder has a central section with first and second clearance sections, first and second arms, and first and second shoulder support regions. The cantilevered clearance sections prevent ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350683 | Flexible rod support member for packs, bags and other articles A support member for packs, bags and other articles adapted to be supported from the shoulders of an individual. The support member defines a pair of arms adapted to engage the waist and/or hips of the individual and being made of flexible material, such as a flexib... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7328821 | Collar holding device A device for holding a collar of a garment on a hanger, blanks for manufacturing the collar holding device methods of using the collar holding device in hanging a collared garment on a hanger, and the collar holding device in combination with a hanger and a hangered... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320419 | Hanger with roller beads The present invention 10 discloses a clothes hanger 12 having roller beads 14 mounted upon the hook portion 22 of the frame. The present invention 10 comprises a lower wire frame 23 which may take the conventional hanger sha... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299957 | Clamp-type article hanger An article hanger including a body having at least one clamp. The clamp has first and second jaw members with opposed first and second gripping pads, respectively. The first gripping pad includes a first gripping surface that has a relief structure formed by project... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290686 | Clothes-Hanger A clothes-hanging apparatus is made of a wire formed into an upwardly extending hanger contiguous with a downwardly extending pair of sloping shoulders, the shoulders each contiguous with one of a pair of separate collinear horizontal legs, the horizontal legs termi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287674 | Garment hanger system with size indicator A garment hanger system including a hook member, a hanger body and an information indicator mounted on the hanger body. The hanger body includes a reinforcing rib section disposed adjacent a mounting structure that receives the hook member. The information indicator... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258258 | Clothes hanger A clothes hanger is provided with a hook and two arms projecting from it. Each of the arms is formed by a bottle-shaped container. The hook preferably has a thread for each bottle-shaped container. Each of the bottle-shaped containers is detachably screwed into one ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258257 | Garment hanger A garment hanger adapted for hooking over a clothes rail. The garment hanger having a hanger frame for supporting a garment, a hanger support hook adjacent an apex of the frame, and a handle portion depending downwards from an end of the frame. The frame being gener... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249698 | Garment hangers with improved gripping pads and improved methods of manufacture A clamp style garment hanger includes a cross-bar, a hook extending up from the center of the cross-bar, a pair of clamp assemblies in spaced apart relationship depending from the cross-bar, and a pair of gripping pads, one for each clamp assembly. The clamp assembl... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249699 | Collapsible garment hanger with quick-release lever The present invention is an apparel apparatus that is especially useful for hanging narrow or small necked shirts and sweaters. It is a collapsible garment hanger, or clothing hanger, that has moving parts. There are two hanger arms that rotate about pins on a hange... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237702 | Folding garment hanger A garment hanger that folds around a point or series of points near the hook of the hanger, and is adapted to automatically extend to its original unfolded position upon release is disclosed. More specifically, an improved hanger, also referred to as a suspension de... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228995 | Clothing hanger adapted for personal use The subject invention is a single purpose clothes hanger apparatus and structure having text messaging appendages extending laterally outwardly from the upper neck portion of the hanger. At least one additional horizontal bar from which additional articles of clothi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210576 | Garment hanger retail package Embodiments of garment hangers retail package comprising a display tag having a substantial display area located on top of the garment hanger supporting arms for illustrating the specialty features of the garment hanger. The display tag is sandwiched in between the ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195490 | Behavior modification system A tool for and a method of communication that teaches children how to ask a person a question when the person is busy. Children learn to use any one of three tools that enable them to silently communicate a question without interrupting the person. The tools consist... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182231 | Garment hanger A garment hanger that can hold articles as heavy as about 40 pounds yet is very thin so that it takes up minimal closet space. In addition, the shape of the holder reduces creases and dimples formed on the article of clothing and non-slip surfaces help prevent cloth... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178706 | Heavy-duty garment hanger The heavy-duty garment hanger is a hanger of hollow stainless steel construction, which can hold heavy articles of clothing. The hanger is made from hollow filamentous tubing shaped into an upwardly projecting hook adapted to engage a structure allowing the hanger t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7108161 | Garment hanger A garment hanger of the wire frame type includes an anti-slip member engaged over the wire rail to provide increased friction on the garment to reduce the tendency of the garment to slip off the wire rail. The anti-slip member forms an elongate generally cylindrical... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7000787 | Expandable rack assembly with telescoping tube sections adapted to facilitate connection to side supports A rack assembly has side supports with unblemished exterior surfaces because a plurality of telescoping tubes are connected between interior instead of exterior surfaces of the side supports. Since the tubes are telescoping, the rack assembly is expandable to a sele... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6962261 | System for frontal display of objects In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a hanger comprises a main body disposed in a first plane and a swivel hook coupled to the main body such that the main body and the hook maintain a desired planar relationship with each other. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6926180 | Rod for a clothes hanger and hanger The rod for a clothes hanger is characterized in being formed from an elongated body consisting of two different mutually co-extruded materials. The first material forms a core that has the function of ensuring the structural rigidity of the rod and the second mater... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6629014 | Personalized garment coordination apparatus An apparatus especially configured for users to easily coordinate or harmonize apparel before putting the clothing on. The embodiments include a frame member defining a display region configured for displaying the personalized real human facial image of a... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6499633 | Hanger with information marker An improved information marker for a clothes hanger is disclosed. Between the shoulder and the hook of the hanger, a web is secured. At two or more locations on the web, a profiled surface is created. These profiled surfaces engage with fingers on the int... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6443337 | Ornamental hangers The present invention provides an ornamental, elongated hanger for children, relatively shorter people and/or handicapped persons. The hanger includes a hanger body and a hanger neck having a hook at a first end and an elongated neck section attached to t... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6427882 | Collapsible garment hanger The present invention provides for a garment hanging apparatus. The apparatus enables users to hang small-necked garments from a hanger while minimizing stretch damage to the garment. A hook element 100 is provided for supporting the garment hanger from a... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6296160 | Clothes hanger The present invention is an improved clothes hanger that offers the user the possibility of hanging clothes in such a manner that the back of the neck collar does not become damaged or creased, the invention also provides for ties or scarves and belts to ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6085950 | Coinjected plastic garment hangers A molded plastic garment hanger constituted from two materials which are fused and mechanically bonded to form a composite hanger. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for the two-step or co-injection molding of plastic materials for the formation of ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6053377 | Wooden garment hanger and method for making same A wooden garment hanger having a pair of outwardly extending arms with interlocking shoulder notches formed in the upper surface of each arm. Each notch is formed with a rectangular channel having a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the lo... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6039225 | Unused hanger indicator system and method therefor An unused hanger indicator system. The unused hanger indicator system, comprises; a structural support point, a hanger suspended from the structural support point and adapted to receive an article, and a weight coupled to the hanger wherein the weight is ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6036062 | Clothes hanger A one-piece clothes hanger (1), with a hanger suspension region (3) and at least two hanger arms (6, 11, 15), of which the first hanger arm (6) leading from the hanger suspension region (3) has a first and a second arm section (6a, 6b), which are spaced a... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032838 | Apparatus for displaying information related to the weight of an article of clothing An apparatus for displaying information related to the weight of an article of clothing including a hanger-shaped frame and a scale for measuring the weight of an article of clothing disposed on the frame is disclosed. The apparatus may preferably include... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5950882 | Hanging garment dryer A hanger for drying clothes thereupon constructed from plastic or other rust resistant material. The hanger is constructed to be hung from a stationary object or member which will commonly be a door or wall. The hanger includes an extension arm which is c... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5904278 | Clothes hanger, in particular for hanging articles of clothing from the grab handles inside passenger cars The clothes hanger has a hanger member (1) with two carrier arms (2, 3), plus a suspension hook (4) between the carrier arms (2, 3), and a flexible securing element (10) which is located in the opening of the suspension hook (4) so that it reduces the ope... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5813578 | Foldable suit hanger A foldable suit hanger is composed of a hooked body, a retaining seat, two arms, and two side wings. The retaining seat is fastened at one end thereof with the hooked body, and at another end thereof with the arms. The arms are fastened pivotally and resp... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5806727 | Garment hangers An improved unitary garment hangers is provided wherein an angular leg extension of a central hanger support structure, such as a hook, cooperates with, and connects to, the apex connection between upper ends of hanger shoulder supports. The perimeter dis... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5797527 | Garment hanger configured to provide electrical information Garment hangers configured to provide visual and/or audio information for customers and end users. The hangers include electrically energizable output devices for producing various visual, sound, and motion effects. An electronic control circuit, which ma... | 08/25/1998 |
