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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 |
| 6959452 | Breathable liquidproof protective gloves and cooling liquidproof protective gloves The present invention provides a cooling protective glove to easily and effectively cool the human hand. By natural air and water vapor convection and associated conduction of heat, or the forced flow of other safe gases at an appropriate velocity and pressure, as r... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959453 | Hockey glove A hockey glove that uses a combination of high and low density padding in finger and knuckle pads to protect the user's fingers and knuckles and rigid thumb plates to protect the user's thumb from impact injuries and backward hyper-extension. The high density paddin... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959454 | Structure with extendable leaves A structure with extensible/retractable panels, which provides variable surface area for items such as headgear brims, furniture tops, etc., includes a first panel, a second panel pivotally mounted to the first panel, and a third panel pivotally mounted to the first... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959455 | Suspenders Apparatus having a harness including a first piece of a detachable connector. The first piece is configured to be attachable to and detachable from a second piece of the detachable connector. The harness is configured to be worn on the upper part of a body in a mann... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959456 | Apparatus and method for putting on a protective suit A protection suit, particularly a spacesuit, has an opening in a back portion of the spacesuit for entering and exiting the suit. The spacesuit is suspended on one side of a bulkhead (5′) so that a hole in the bulkhead is aligned with the opening in the bac... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959457 | Roof vent ingress prevention device A roof vent ingress prevention device includes a generally tubular base having a circumferential side wall, a lower pipe-engaging section and an upper section having at least two side vents formed therein, the side vents extending through the side wall for venting o... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959458 | Toilet seat with liquid in multiple sections for decorative effect A toilet seat with decorative effect includes a toilet lid as well as a circular seat with a plurality of isolated sections. Each of the isolated section forms a transparent closed space for accommodating liquid or ornaments with different colors such as single-liqu... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959459 | Body washing unit for toilet stool A body washing unit for a toilet has a first tube (211) for drawing warm water. A second substantially vertical tube (212) is connected rotatably with the first tube (211). A third tube (213) is connected rotatably with the end of the sec... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959460 | Portable wash basin device A portable wash basin device is disclosed. The device includes a sink for receiving fresh water therein for permitting a user thereof to wash. The sink defines an open top for the reception therein of the fresh water so that the user thereof is permitted to wash the... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959461 | Detachable sink accessory A detachable sink accessory includes a unitary and continuous body having a substantially dome shape covering a surface area of a sink. The body is situated forwardly of the faucet and extends upwardly from the sink about a top perimeter thereof. A plurality of coex... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959462 | Bassinet having an accommodating space A bassinet having an accommodating space is provided. The bassinet can be supported on a baby play yard and has an accommodating portion. The accommodating portion is connected to the underneath of the bassinet and configured to define an accommodating space for rec... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959463 | Bed guard assembly A bed guard assembly includes a number of end panels, flexible connecting material for placement beneath a mattress, and connection pieces. The connection pieces connect the flexible connecting material to the end panels such that at least one end panel opposes anot... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959464 | Pregnancy air mattress/raft A pregnancy air mattress/raft is inflatable which is useful for floating in water or sunning on the beach. The air mattress is inflatable and deflatable and is adjusted by adjusting air pressure. The mattress has a rectangular cavity reaching through the mattress, a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959465 | Hammer The invention is a magnetized tool for holding or retrieving nails. This is shown as a hammer having a magnet which may be on a removable cover or an extendable arm, mounted within the shaft or adjacent to the shaft of a hammer on the removable cover. The magnet is ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959466 | Power management system for street sweeper A power management system for a surface maintenance machine, such as a street sweeper is disclosed. The system includes a variable speed engine for transporting the surface maintenance machine, a hydraulic pump powered by the engine, a vacuum fan motor powered by th... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959467 | Bladed disk brush roller assembly for a vacuum cleaner A brush roller assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a rotatable spindle having a longitudinal axis, a first end, a second end and a central portion. A first airflow enhancing device (“AED”) is positioned, by being molded onto or operationally attached to, the ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959468 | Vent adjusting apparatus A vent adjusting apparatus for opening and closing air vents of a recreational vehicle includes a handle provided with a first adapter attached to one end portion thereof. The first adapter includes a groove that has first and second bores oppositely spaced for enga... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959469 | Pliable header A pliable handle for a hand-held device is provided. The handle includes a core member, an outer sheath disposed about the core member, and gel disposed between the core member and the outer sheath. The outer sheath is deformable, such that when a hand grips the pli... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959470 | Pigtail fastener An apparatus for releasably securing a line having a cross sectional thickness and at least one free end. The fastener has a shaft dimensioned for wrapping the line around the shaft. The shaft has a pair of ends at least one of which includes: an insertion structure... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959471 | Method of manufacturing a droplet deposition apparatus A method of manufacturing an ink jet print head includes the steps of bonding a body of piezoelectric material to a base plate and cutting channels into the piezoelectric material to form ink chambers which are actuated by applying voltages to electrodes provided on... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959472 | Method for manufacturing quartz crystal oscillator In a method for manufacturing a quartz crystal oscillator, at least one of a chemical etching method, a physical etching method, and a mechanical method is utilized to form a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a quartz crystal tuning fork base, quartz cryst... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959473 | Woodwork removal device Disclosed is a device for removing woodwork and trim from the interior or exterior of buildings. Its function is such that damage to the woodwork, and to the wall from which it is removed, is minimized or eliminated. In operation, the device is first driven between ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959474 | Nest and hold station for the joining of sheet materials A system and method for joining two articles together is disclosed. The nest and hold station of the present invention includes a positive alignment system which comprises two or more upper arms extending from the upper nest member and a like number of lower coopera... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959475 | Vehicle body business methods Various vehicle body business processes are described which capitalize upon the interchangeability of vehicle bodies on a flat rolling chassis. The ability to interchange vehicle bodies and exchange modular interior components enables substantial freedom and variati... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959476 | Aluminum automotive drive shaft A method for producing aluminum drive shafts from molten aluminum alloy using a continuous caster to cast the alloy into a slab. The method comprises providing a molten aluminum alloy consisting essentially of 0.2 to 0.8 wt. % Si, 0.05 to 0.4 wt. % Cu, 0.45 to 1.2 w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959477 | Method for manufacturing rotary cutting die A lower plywood sheet and an upper plywood sheet which are set on a cylinder are cut in two processes by use of a router to create a 1.4-mm-wide groove in the back of the lower plywood sheet and in the front of the upper plywood sheet. Thus, a rotary cutting die whi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959478 | Shockproof spindle A shockproof spindle includes a spindle inserted into an elastomer having a compressible structure, and a sleeve having a hollow cylinder, sequentially. The sleeve caps the elastomer while the elastomer is pressed on the top of the base fixed at the bottom end the s... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959479 | Method of manufacturing a hollow shaft having a flange at one end thereof A method is required in which a plate-like flange member may be firmly secured at the front end of a hollow shaft member through a plastic working treatment by virtue of caulking combination, so as to manufacture a hollow shaft having a flange at one end thereof. In... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959480 | Apparatus, method and device for attaching hydroformed handle to an appliance An apparatus and method for securing a handle to a door includes a first clip fastened to the door, a second clip fastened to the door and a handle clamped to the door by the first and second clips. The clip has a flat surface with an aperture therethrough and two w... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959481 | Apertured probes for localized measurements of a material's complex permittivity and fabrication method A probe for non-destructive determination of complex permittivity of a material and for near field optical microscopy is based on a balanced multi-conductor transmission line structure created on a dielectric substrate member which confines the probing field within ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959482 | Integrated circuit transformer for radio frequency applications An integrated circuit transformer. A substrate supporting multiple layers of materials of an integrated circuit is provided with a first metallization layer comprising a first set of turns of a primary winding of a transformer, and a second set of turns of a seconda... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959483 | Method of making a recording head A recording head for use with magnetic recording media has an improved structure, made by a simplified manufacturing process. The electrically insulating materials within the recording head are inorganic. The insulating materials are vacuum deposited, with no need t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959484 | System for vibration control A vibration control system comprising an actuator, and a sensor useful for controlling vibrations in systems for fabricating electronics equipment. The actuator may comprise one or more plates or elements of electro-active material bonded to an electroded sheet.... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959485 | Bump ball crimping apparatus The bump ball crimping apparatus of the present invention is characterized in comprising an alignment plate 31 for aligning bump balls; a crimping table 32 on which the wafer to which bump balls are to be crimped is mounted; a crimping plate 42 ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959486 | Apparatus for gripping wire in an armature winding machine An apparatus for gripping temporarily the wire in an armature winding machine. The machine is of the type comprising a gripper formed by an arm (11) having an end (13) connected to a support (14) and the other free end (12) for gripping t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959487 | Head disc merge assembly for use at a merging station A head disc merge assembly for merging an actuator with a disc stack having a disc, the actuator assembly having a flexure supporting a data transducer head, the head disc merge assembly including a merge comb having a flexure support member to support the flexure a... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959488 | Method for retaining a first part against a second part A system and method are disclosed which utilize a retaining mechanism to retain a first part against a second part in a manner that supplements or supplants use of adhesive. A retaining mechanism retains a first part against the surface of a second part, wherein the... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959489 | Methods of making microelectronic packages A method of making a microelectronic package includes providing a substrate having a plurality of conductive leads at a first surface of the substrate. The conductive leads may have first ends permanently attached to the substrate and second ends remote from the ter... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959490 | Method of manufacturing silicon device, method of manufacturing liquid jet head and liquid jet head Disclosed are a method f manufacturing a silicon device and a method of manufacturing a liquid jet head, which are capable of surely preventing damage of a piezoelectric element in manufacturing. In forming a thin-film pattern on one surface of a silicon wafer 10... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959491 | Strain control device for attaching transmission lines to deformable structures and methods employing same A device and method for controlling strain in a transmission line such as a power or signal transmitting wire, cable or other conduit. The device includes a body having at least one cavity formed therein for receipt of at least a portion of a transmission line. Mult... | 11/01/2005 |
