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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 |
| 5008959 | Bulletproof dress shirt A bulletproof dress shirt is disclosed which incorporates the following features: ease of installation, adjustability and removability through the use of VELCRO fasteners; lightweight design and removable bulletproof pads for ease in laundering; optional ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008960 | Nursing garment A nursing garment has a close-knit upper portion which lies over the shoulder of the nursing mother, which extends down into an expanded, open-knit lower portion which covers the breast and at least part of the baby while nursing, so that the upper portio... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008961 | Sanitary head covering and method of manufacture An improved head covering (10) comprising an elongated sheet (12) folded in half about a transverse axis (14) to form sides (16 and 18). An expandable crown portion (20) is adhered to the sides (16 and 18) along upper portions (15) and to itself along ban... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008962 | Easy to fasten trousers Trousers include two selectively openable seams which extend from the upper edge to the hem edge of the trousers, the selectively openable seams being positioned in such a way as to be only minimally visible as the trousers are worn. Each of the two front... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008963 | Emergency wash station An improved emergency wash station is provided for flushing irritants from the eyes or face of an individual, particularly such as a person working in an industrial or laboratory environment. The wash station includes a spray manifold having a large plura... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008964 | Child's toilet A potty chair for toilet training children and of the type having an automatic speech and tune producing capability. The tune generating circuit (36) plays a tune when a child first sits on the potty chair seat (24). A moisture sensing circuit (32) detect... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008965 | Fluidized bead bed A fluidized patient support apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus utilizes granular material beneath a patient support surface which when fluidized by pressurized gas uniformly distributes the pressure imparted to the body of a patient lying thereon. The ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008966 | Sheet for foam sofa bed A bedsheet is formed from a substantially rectangular piece of fabric. The fabric has attached to it an elastic band partially around its perimeter. The elastic band extends completely along the bottom edge of the fabric and at least partially along the t... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008967 | Triangular truss walkout cantilever A triangular truss walkout cantilever for displaying railroad warning signals above the individual lanes of a road or highway at a railroad grade crossing is disclosed. The cantilever includes a cantilever arm attached to a vertical roadside mast. The can... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008968 | Sheet material cleaning machine A machine for cleaning the upper and lower surfaces of a sheet of material and having a housing and a conveyor for driving the sheet through the housing and through first and second cleaning stations located therein. At the first cleaning station portions... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008969 | Separable multi-layered wiping mitten A multi-layered cloth mitten to be worn by the human hand for wiping surfaces prior to painting has been invented whereby the outer concentric layer of said mitten may be removed as it becomes soiled and the wiping operation may be continued with successi... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008970 | Scraper having a hand grip construction A scraper includes a blade fixed in a front end of a handle. Two covers, each with two retainers and a clamping device are respectively provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of the handle. The retainers and the clamping device of one cover pass... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008971 | Windshield wiper arm The tension of a windshield wiper is adjusted by turning a nut which adjusts the rotational tension of a spring on the arm. The positioning of the nut is fixed by a second nut, a spring also forces the arm into a detent, holding the arm away from the wind... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008972 | Cleaning device for textile machines disposed in a row Cleaning apparatus for textile machines disposed in a row, which cleaning apparatus can be moved back and forth among the textile machines. The cleaning apparatus has blow hoses provided with nozzles to blow off loose fuzz from the textile machines, and a... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008973 | Multi-purpose suction nozzle A multi-purpose suction nozzle, for a vacuum cleaner, for cleaning different types of surfaces, such as hard smooth surfaces, textile floor coverings, and upholstery, whereby the suction nozzle is detachably connected to a suction hose of the vacuum clean... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008974 | Carrying handle assembly A one-piece removable carrying handle assembly (10) for removably attaching the handle assembly to an item to be carried. The carrying handle has a middle strap portion (18) with two end portions (14, 16). Each end portion (14, 16) includes a housing memb... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008975 | Hinge device A hinge for mounting a door to a door frame through upper and lower assemblies, with each assembly including a door frame plate and a door plate disposable in engagement with each other to define a common pivot axis extending through both assemblies. The ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008976 | Digital apparatus having a display section adjusted by a hinge assembly with rolling resistance A hinge assembly has a plurality of rollers which are pressed against an elastic washer by a shaft. The rollers and elastic washer are contained within a cylindrical retainer which is held in a fixed position relative to a first bracket, while the shaft i... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008977 | Cabinet hinge with closing mechanism Cabinet hinge having a door-related part configured as a plug-in cup and a carcass-related part configured as an elongated supporting arm, which are articulated relative to one another by two hinge links journaled at their ends in the cup at one end and o... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008978 | Apparatus for treating cotton contaminated with honeydew The invention relates to an apparatus for treating cotton contaminated or imbued with honeydew. For this purpose, cotton flocks are fed into a microwave oven, in which the cotton flocks are heated by microwave energy, thus reducing the stickiness or tacki... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008979 | Textile-fiber treating grooved roller and a wire with teeth having a foot portion indented for force-fitting the wire into the groove and method of making same A roller for the treatment of fiber masses for the textile industry has a sawtooth wire received in a rectangular cross section helical groove of a steel roll body and indented by a peening or indenting roller to provide, by plastic deformation of the foo... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008980 | Closure clip, especially for the closure of bags and a method and machine for applying the same A closure clip, especially for the closure of bags, has a base member with a first and a second leg of plastic material, each of the legs forming a rigid structure having a hinge end and a coupling end portion. The legs are hingedly connected at their hin... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008981 | Enclosed yoke clasp for bola-style necktie A clasp for the cords of a bola tie comprising two mating shell halves and a manually operable spring biased clamp disposed between the shell halves to provide an enclosed clasp which is releasable and which provides improved external appearance and mecha... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008982 | Clip A clip comprising outer and inner rings (11, 12) formed to protrude forwardly in the form of rings and wound together such as to form leg portions (14,20 and 15, 21) crossing one another. The leg portion (14 or 21) having at least one of the two rings hav... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008983 | Portable cleat A portable cleat including a primary connector element having a principal axis and opposed ends and a secondary connector element attached to the primary connector element at at least one of the ends, said secondary connector element having angularly disp... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008984 | Magnetic jewelry closure with clip A jewelry closure includes a pair of closure members for magnetically engaging together. One or both closure members includes a magnet. A first closure member of the pair is supported by a casing which extends outwardly to receive the second closure membe... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008985 | Zipper securing device A zipper securing device which comprises of a circular clip open at one end which can be sprung over or around a button as a means of attaching invention to the material in which the zipper is fitted, an eyelet as a means of attachment by sewing and a hoo... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008986 | Slide fastener for clothing and shoes Slide fastener for footwear or protective garments constituted of two support tapes (13) off chains of teeth (11) and a slide-tab (16). The chains of teeth (11) of the slide fastener are connected to their respective support tape (13) and mounted, brought... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008987 | Multi-purpose fastening device A multipurpose fastening device for securing items to more stationary objects or bundling elongated items or lengths or rope-like material together. More specifically, this device utilizes, primarily, lengths of webbing material together with strips of ho... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008988 | Clip assembly Briefly, according to the invention, a clip assembly 10 comprises a clip 1 and a bracket 6, each having at least one hole (4, 5, 11, and 12) for alignment with each other. Alignment of the holes is required so that a pin 13 positioned through the holes pi... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008989 | Safety belt buckle In a belt buckle for safety belts, particularly in motor vehicles, for receiving and locking an insertable tongue having a housing and, arranged therein, an insertion path for the insertable tongue, with the path containing a spring-loaded ejector, and ha... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008990 | Hardware for mounting a casket handle bar A casket has a metal shell. A plurality of blocks project from the surface of the shell and are integral with the shell. Mounts are secured over the blocks and have laterally-projecting trunnions. Arms are mounted on the trunnions at one end and receive a... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008991 | Device and process for intermingling a bundle of threads using a turbulent air stream Device for drying a bundle of threads between a stretching trough and a sizing trough has a tiered array of elongate nozzle bodies each having a plurality of thread channels therein for receiving a partial bundle of threads therethrough. Each channel has ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008992 | Method of producing a bulked composite yarn A method for combining a relatively elastic yarn component with a relatively inelastic yarn component is disclosed, and wherein the two components are guided through a jet of high velocity air so as to entangle the filaments and produce a bulked composite... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008993 | Method of making surface finishing rollers as well as a roller made thereby Surface finishing or polishing rollers are made by successively mounting disk-shaped surface finishing elements on a spindle rotating in operation. The surface finishing elements are formed of a slitted, preferably rectangular sheet having a continuous po... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008994 | Apparatus and method for fitting a protective boot particularly for articulated joint assemblies A device for fitting a protective boot to a shaft member particularly in a universal joint wherein an expanding device is provided for expanding the diameter of a first collar of the boot so that a shaft upon which the boot is to be mounted may be inserte... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008995 | Brake shoe rivet press The brake shoe rivet press is for removing in a single operation rivets which are arranged in rows to hold a fibrous liner to the base of a brake shoe to thereby permit removal and later replacement of the liner. The press has a frame and a punch holder f... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008996 | Machine for remotely lining the inside of a heat exchanger tube end with a sleeve A machine for remotely lining the inside of a heat exchanger tube end (13) received in a tube plate (14). The machine includes a flexible tube (15) connecting a push-pull device to a motorized unit (16) for driving tools used for fixing the sleeve in the ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008997 | Gold/tin eutectic bonding for tape automated bonding process An improved tape automated bonding method of bonding the beam leads of lead frame tape to gold bumps formed on the contact pads of a semiconductor device, wherein the tape includes a plurality of interconnected beam leads defined by at least one opening i... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5008998 | Method of mounting flat coil The invention provides a mounting method by which a flat coil formed by winding an insulator layer and a metal foil sheet in layers can be mounted readily and with certainty on a circuit board. In mounting a flat coil on a circuit board, at first a pair o... | 04/23/1991 |