Portable spittle cuspidor
OwnerJ. Donald King, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A portable cuspidor includes a spittle container, a removable funnel section and a cap. A reservoir cap may be used for the storage of tobacco or the like. The removable funnel section is partially suspended within the container by frictionally engaging the inside surface of the spittle container and protruding beyond the periphery of said spittle container remaining within the profile of spittle container providing a streamline cuspidor which is easily portable and which may be placed within the user's pocket. The cap nestles against the outside surface of spittle container for enclosing the interior of spittle container and restricting the outflow of spittle from the spittle container and funnel section.
Claims18
A portable cuspidor for the containment of spittle, said cuspidor comprising:
- a hollow elongated spittle container having an open top for receiving and containing said spittle, said container being of a given width having an inside surface;
- a removable funnel section having a top end, a bottom end, an exterior funnel wall interconnecting said top end with said bottom end, an interior funnel wall, spaced from said exterior funnel wall, and said exterior funnel wall forming an exterior skirt surrounding said interior funnel wall to define a hollow interior within said funnel section;
- said funnel section being suspended and retained within said container by a frictional engagement between a portion of said exterior skirt and said inside surface of said spittle container;
- said top end of said funnel section protruding beyond said open top of said spittle container defining an exposed surface area which may be grasped for removing said funnel section from said spittle container;
- a spittle channel inlet disposed within said top end of said funnel section for receiving said spittle;
- a spittle channel outlet disposed within said bottom end of said funnel section allowing the passage of said spittle from said user to said interior of said spittle container;
- a spittle channel disposed within said funnel section for directing said spittle from said spittle channel inlet towards said spittle channel outlet;
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- said interior funnel wall defining said spittle channel.
A portable cuspidor for the containment of spittle, said cuspidor comprising:
- a hollow elongated spittle container having an open top for receiving and containing said spittle, said container being of a given width having an inside surface;
- a removable funnel section having a top end, a bottom end, an exterior funnel wall interconnecting said top end with said bottom end, an interior funnel wall, spaced from said exterior funnel wall, and said exterior funnel wall forming an exterior skirt surrounding said interior funnel wall to define a hollow interior within said funnel section;
- said funnel section being suspended and retained within said container by a frictional engagement between a portion of said exterior skirt and said inside surface of said spittle container;
- said top end of said funnel section protruding beyond said open top of said spittle container defining an exposed surface area which may be grasped for removing said funnel section from said spittle container;
- a spittle channel inlet disposed within said top end of said funnel section for receiving said spittle;
- a spittle channel outlet disposed within said bottom end of said funnel section allowing the passage of said spittle from said user to said interior of said spittle container;
- a spittle channel disposed within said funnel section for directing said spittle from said spittle channel inlet towards said spittle channel outlet;
- said interior funnel wall defining said spittle channel;
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- a cap having a base and sides depending from said base providing said cap with a given depth, said cap being of a width and depth sufficient to enclose said protruding top portion of said funnel section.
A sturdy reusable pocket cuspidor for the temporary containment of spittle and storage of tobacco or the like, said cuspidor comprising:
- a hollow elongated spittle container having an open top for receiving and containing said spittle, said container being of a given width having an inside surface;
- a removable funnel section having a top end, and a bottom end;
- said funnel section being received within said container;
- a spittle channel inlet disposed within said top end of said funnel section for receiving said spittle;
- a spittle channel outlet disposed within said bottom end of said funnel section allowing the passage of said spittle from said user to said interior of said spittle container;
- a spittle channel disposed within said funnel section for directing said spittle from said spittle channel inlet towards said spittle channel outlet;
- a reservoir cap having a reservoir base and reservoir side depending from said reservoir base providing reservoir cap with a given depth sufficient to enclose said protruding top portion of said funnel section;
- said reservoir cap having an extending vessel wall forming a vessel for storing said tobacco and the like;
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- a cap having a base and sides depending from said base providing said cap with a given depth, said cap being of a width and depth sufficient to enclose said vessel of said reservoir cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.