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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 |
| 8179234 | Sound generation apparatus and method for an electric vehicle A sound generation apparatus for an electric vehicle that is being operated by a driver comprising: a sound generation circuit attached to a wheel of the electric vehicle; Faraday generators for supplying pulses of electrical current within the circuit while the whe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7501934 | System and methods for vehicle sound font creation, playback, and networking Systems and methods provide for the creation of vehicle sound fonts, for utilizing the vehicle sound fonts to augment the engine sounds of a vehicle, and for establishing a network for sharing and controlling the playback of vehicle sound fonts and other media. The ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7338340 | Toy figure with interchangeable brain having associated voice responses A set of toy figures each has a main body portion and a detachable brain portion that are associated with a certain archetype (e.g., policeman, skateboarder, soldier, infant, athlete, cheerleader, pirate, princess, etc). In response to a user engaging a brain portio... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7268671 | Shaped modulation audible alarm A method and apparatus for providing an audible alarm signal. The method and apparatus includes creating a rectangular pulse signal having a desired period and a desired first amplitude, adding a shaped modulation component to the rectangular pulse signal from the d... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256685 | Applause device An applause device including a sound generator capable of generating at least one applause sound. The sound generator preferably can generate at least one sound which can indicate approval or disapproval, such as clapping, hollering, whistling, booing, and hissing. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253746 | Vehicle-presence notifying apparatus and vehicle-presence notifying method An apparatus for notifying presence of a vehicle to a periphery of the vehicle includes a control unit that controls an operating unit that operates to cause the vehicle to drive, generating an operation sound; a judging unit that judges whether it is necessary to n... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7210656 | Control, sound, and operating system for model trains A model train operating, sound and control system that provides a user with increased operating realism. A novel remote control communication capability between the user and the model trains. This feature is accomplished by using a handheld remote control on which v... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203321 | Device for electroacoustic sound generation in a motor vehicle A device for electroacoustic sound generation in a motor vehicle with a sound pressure sensor, a signal processing unit, which is connected with the sound pressure sensor and receives and processes signals therefrom, and a loudspeaker unit with at least one loudspea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188703 | Device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle In a device for establishing noise in a motor vehicle, including a housing having an inlet space, which is in communication via an inlet line with a gas-carrying part of an internal combustion engine arranged in the motor vehicle, and an outlet space, which is acous... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7042340 | Vehicle mounted animal alerting device An animal alerting device system and method for mounting in a vehicle produces a sound that stimulates an alertness response in large animals to reduce the likelihood that the animals will run into a roadway and cause an animal-vehicle crash. The sound produced by t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039522 | System for guiding visually impaired pedestrian using auditory cues A system that provides a means for blind or visually impaired people to navigate through a complex environment using auditory cues. Two-way transceiver devices, held by the person, connect through a communications network to a computer system. The computer system ac... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038575 | Sound generating apparatus for use with gloves and similar articles The present invention is directed to a sound generating apparatus, including an article adapted to be worn on a user's hand, and an electronic assembly attached to the article. It further includes structure for generating a sound within the electronic assembly. Stil... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7006001 | Speech-emitting celebration device A speech or phrase emitting celebration device, in the nature of a piñata, includes a longitudinal axial channel within which is placed a complementally sized integrated circuit (“IC”) including a library of pre-programmed voice chips having phrases selected by... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6992570 | Rest room sound producing device A sound producing device adapted for use in a public or private rest room. The device is located within the room, preferably mounted on a wall of a cubicle in the rest room and can be activated to produce a sound upon a person entering the cubicle such that the soun... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6971943 | Interactive sound producing toy A sound-producing toy configured to represent a living being having movable parts to simulate a natural form of animation of a mouth includes a sound-producing unit operable in the response to the simulated animation. Animation may be simulated by a hand inserted in... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6959094 | Apparatus and methods for synthesis of internal combustion engine vehicle sounds Computer-implemented techniques are provided for synthesizing sounds of an internal combustion engine vehicle using a physical model of the vehicle. In general terms, the method includes independently generating and/or synthesizing separate components of the vehicle... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6930607 | Portal announcing method and system A method and system are disclosed for providing an automatic announcement to a person seeking a particular portal in a facility that any particular portal is the one sought. The method comprises the steps of providing the person with a wireless, electronic transmitt... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6897779 | Tone generation controlling system A tone generating system 100 has a motion detection terminal 11 and a tone producing device. The Motion detection terminal 11 has a motion sensor MS which is attached to the back of a hand, and transmitting unit 11a. The Motion sen... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6819234 | Vehicle braking system safety enhancements Method and system for providing an audible warning of approach of a moving vehicle that is undergoing hard braking. When hard braking is being applied and the initial vehicle velocity (just before hard braking is first applied) is at least equal to a selected thresh... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6750759 | Annunciatory signal generating method and device for generating the annunciatory signal When a dividing ratio data is written in a counter/timer register 530, a counter/timer circuit 534 divides a frequency of an oscillation signal of the oscillator 532 as much as the dividing ratio data. When an output enabling data is written in ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6690265 | Infrasound hazard-warning method and device for alerting night-migrating birds to obstacles A hazard warning device for night-migrating birds is provided which warns the birds of the presence of a fixed structure or obstacle, e.g., a building or communications tower, against which the birds could collide during night-migration. The device includ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6538565 | Applause device An applause device includes a sound generator capable of generating at least one applause sound. The sound generator preferably can generate at least one sound which can indicate approval or disapproval, such as clapping, hollering, whistling, booing, and... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6489885 | Digital horn for a motor vehicle A vehicle horn has data representing audio horn signals recorded in a memory. The horn includes a digital counter responsive to clock signals from an oscillator to sequentially read the horn audio data from the memory, provide the data to a D/A converter ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6476711 | Sounding-body driving circuit and operating sound generating apparatus using the same Upon receipt of a direction indication control signal s11, a sounding-body driving circuit 12 generates a driving signal s16 for generating a flashing operation sound which is an artificial striking sound similar to a striking sound of a mechanical relay.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6359549 | Electronic sound generator with enhanced sound A sound generator includes a memory bank storing user-selectable recorded sounds, a microprocessor that can quasi-randomly time-delay at least one of the recorded sounds, and a mixer that can combine a user-selected recorded sound and the time-delayed sou... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356185 | Classic automobile sound processor An automobile sound processor containing prerecorded or synthesized sound signatures of vintage automobiles and motorcycles or other sounds, along with other audio processing components, is integrated with an automobile's on-board stereo sound system. A m... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6288633 | Actuable audible display for bicycle handlebars An actuable audible display (10) for mounting on the handlebars (12) of a child's vehicle such as a bicycle includes a visual image (15) depicted on a plate-like member (16) affixed to the handlebars and an actuable sound unit (19) mounted on the back of ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6236305 | Interchangeable sound effect device An interchangeable sound effect device (1) that incorporates and plays sound effects that have been digitally recorded on interchangeable sound cartridges (4). This device (1) is designed to be used with entertainment and educational type products such as... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6211774 | Electronic horn and method for mimicking a multi-frequency tone An electronic horn for mimicking a multi-frequency tone includes a wave signal generator for generating an input signal and a complex signal generator for generating a complex signal across a transducer to mimic the sound and sound intensity of an electro... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6204762 | Remote guard-presence system with adjustable effect and process of using An apparatus for achieving remote guarding of an area with adjustable effect on unauthorized entrants, comprising an operator station including a signal receiver with television display, radiant energy selection control, and energy level controller, a fir... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6198404 | Small weapon decoy for military use A small, portable, low cost, battery operated, radio-controlled decoy simulates the sound of small arms fire. The units may be deployed remotely in the field to distract and confuse defending forces when attacked by advancing or infiltrating forces.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6130605 | Vehicle security system with multi-sound pattern alarm and associated methods A vehicle security system includes an audible alarm indicator, and a controller to generate an alarm indication comprising a plurality of distinguishable sound patterns. The sound patterns overlap in time yet are audibly distinguishable from one another t... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6046670 | Interchangeable sound effect device An interchangeable sound effect device (1) which incorporates and plays sound effects that have been digitally recorded on interchangeable sound cartridges (4). This device (1) is designed to be used with entertainment and educational type products such a... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5973618 | Intelligent walking stick A portable safety mechanism housed in a cane, a walking stick or a belt-carried housing. In each of such embodiments, the portable safety mechanism includes a processor, a transmitter, a receiver, and an outside image sensor or scanner, a warning device s... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5883569 | Impact-responsive signal transmitting device A mobile object with circuitry which transmits a signal upon impact of the object. The signal is received by a receiver which generates a sound in accordance with the signal. The occurrence of an impact can be detected by the contacting of conductive laye... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5861798 | Electrical noise generation circuits for use in conjunction with an electro-acoustic transducer to simulate the sound of burning wood sounds An electrical noise generation circuit for use in conjunction with an electro-acoustic transducer to simulate the sound of burning wood. A small loudspeaker enclosure accommodates a battery driven circuit in which a wideband electrical noise signal is pro... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5847652 | Electronic whistle device An electronic whistle device (10) comprising a casing (12). A whistle producing circuit (14) is carried within the casing (12). A manually operated switch (16) is remote from the casing (12). An assembly (18) is for electrically connecting the manually op... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5842288 | Clothes dryer with chiming alarm A solid state alarm for a clothes dryer receives a line voltage signal prior to termination of the tumbling cycle to provide a series of pulses with decaying amplitudes driving a piezoelectric-type transducer. A timer terminating the series of pulses comm... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5786760 | Alarm system with variable warning signal An alarm system and method for detecting an intruder and making an impression on the intruder. The system operates by detecting a presence of the intruder, determining a location of the intruder, outputting a warning signal for perception by the intruder,... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5774040 | Fire sound simulator A new Fire Sound Simulator for simulating the hissing, popping and crackling sound of a fire includes a white noise generator for generating a white noise signal representative of a hissing sound, a ROM-based sound generator for generating a popping signa... | 06/30/1998 |
