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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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120020507 | HEARING AID AND IN-THE-EAR-DEVICE A hearing aid may include a hearing aid housing. The hearing aid housing may include a first housing wall portion and a second housing wall portion. The first housing wall portion has a first flexibility, the second housing wall portion has a second flexibility and the ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110268304 | HEARING AID WITH EAR-HOOK SAFETY MECHANISM Children should be prevented from easily being able to remove the ear hook of a hearing aid. It is for this reason that a hearing aid that is to be worn behind an ear has a housing, which houses signal-processing components, and an ear hook, which is detachably attached... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110211716 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A CONDUCTING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR A SOUND TUBE In a hearing aid provision can be made for a housing that is worn outside of an auditory canal of a user. Then, sound or electrical signals are conducted into the auditory canal from the housing. To this end, provision can be made for a conducting element such as a soun... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110038500 | HEARING AID WITH LED AND METHOD OF OPERATION A hearing aid has a housing, a signal-processing arrangement housed in the housing, an LED, an actuatable switching element arranged on the housing, and a battery. The LED is connected to a positive pole of the battery with its anode connector and to a first connector o... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110019847 | HEARING AID DEVICE AND PROCESSING UNIT AND RECEIVING UNIT FOR THE HEARING AID DEVICE A hearing aid device includes a processing unit and a receiving unit adapted to be coupled to transmit an electrical signal from the processing unit to the receiving unit. The processing unit has a wireless transmitter and a transmitter seal for covering the wireless tr... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110002491 | HOUSING WITH A HOUSING SHELL FOR A HEARING AID APPLIANCE, HEARING AID APPLIANCE AND PRODUCTION METHOD A housing for a hearing aid appliance includes a housing shell which is made, at least in a partial region, from a material which forms a smooth exterior surface in the partial region. Recesses are formed in the material beneath the smooth exterior surface. A material l... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100272273 | DEVICE FOR ACOUSTICALLY ANALYZING A HEARING DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD A device for acoustic analysis has a first hearing device with a first sound input and a first sound output and a second hearing device with a second sound input and a second sound output. The first hearing device is in acoustic communication with the second hearing dev... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100260368 | HEARING DEVICE WITH BATTERY FLAP MODULE Shells of hearing devices, and in particular for hearing aids, are frequently manufactured using an RSM method and battery flaps are injection-molded. Problems arise frequently due to the varying error tolerances of the two processes when the battery compartment is lock... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100208926 | HEARING DEVICE WITH INDIVIDUALLY ALIGNED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD The equipment size of a hearing device is intended to be reduced. Therefore, a hearing device, in particular an ITE hearing aid, is proposed with a shell having a user-specific shape, a faceplate for closing-off the shell and an electronic component which is attached to... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20070286429 | Compact test apparatus for hearing device An apparatus for testing of a hearing device is described, which includes the following components: a housing with a test area embodied to accommodate a hearing device, with the test area including a microphone area and an earpiece area, | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070269070 | Hearing device with screwed closing arrangement There is described a hearing device. A module is enabled to be easily attached to the casing of a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid. Toward that end a bridge is provided which has a drilled hole. A screw is inserted through a drilled hole in the module and scr... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070230730 | In-the-ear hearing apparatus having a band element for attaching a housing part A hearing device opening in a housing of an in-the-ear hearing device is to be able to be sealed in a simple manner. To this end, an elastic band is provided, which is attached to a second housing part and/or faceplate and to a first housing part or inside the second ho... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070182067 | Method for molding a sound canal of a hearing device The aim is to manufacture molded tubes for hearing instruments and other hearing devices more cost-effectively. To this end, there is provision for producing a bending mold with the aid of a rapid-prototyping method. An unmolded tube is inserted into the bending mold. H... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070175281 | Method and apparatus for checking a measuring situation in the case of a hearing apparatus It should be possible to balance microphones and hearing apparatus more reliably. To this end, provision is made for a method for checking a measuring situation, wherein at least two measurement points of a frequency response of the hearing apparatus are recorded. A che... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070036381 | Hearing device with a damping element A hearing device has an ear fitting piece, a housing part wearable behind the ear, and an earpiece tube connecting the ear fitting piece and the housing part. The transmission of mechanical vibrations between the ear fitting piece and the housing part via the earpiece t... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070009127 | Hearing aid with reduced wind sensitivity and corresponding method The wind sensitivity of hearing aids is to be further reduced. It is therefore proposed to measure a noise level of at least two microphones and to compare the levels with one another. The microphones are then controlled according to the comparison result. Preferably th... | 01/11/2007 |
| 20050190940 | Ear insert for hearing aids Active otoplastics (3) with integrated earpieces (4) are to be acoustically optimized. There is provision here for forming a sound outlet (8) into the otoplastic in accordance with acoustic conditions. If the sound outlet (8) has the form of ... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050041824 | Hearing aid having an adjustable directional characteristic, and method for adjustment thereof In a hearing aid, as well as in a method for the operation of a hearing aid having a microphone system in which different directional characteristics can be set, the tonal quality is improved, particularly in a quiet hearing environment, by the signal delay for at least... | 02/24/2005 |
