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US 10,857,071 B1Granted
Spittoon with sealing lid
OwnerTim McClureinventor
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Abstract
A portable spittoon may be a single use item which has a pivoting closed lid for at least some embodiments. Some embodiments may have internal structure(s) to resist spilling and/or emptying the contents while accepting new fluid/material therein until satisfactorily full. Opposing arms may connect to a lid which pivots about a pivot axis through pivots connected to the arms.
Claims20
A portable spittoon comprising:
- a container having opposing sides and a mouthpiece with a port therethrough at an upper portion of the container communicating with a volume of the container;
- a lid connected to downwardly extending opposing arms, said arms extending external to and operably coupled to the sides along at respective pivots,
- a closed configuration whereby the lid at least assists in providing a seal with the mouthpiece to at least resist spilling of fluid from the volume internal to the container with the mouthpiece intermediate the downwardly extending arms providing an enclosed volume within the container;
- whereby the lid pivots from the closed configuration at the pivots out of sealing engagement with the mouthpiece to an open configuration permitting access to the port to receive material therein.
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