Appeal No. 96-0919
Application 08/027,922
54. A receptacle comprising:
a housing having an interior recess and a top section
with an open aperture;
a first top having a frame removably connected to said
top section, said first top substantially covering said
open aperture, wherein said first top is adapted to be
removed from said top section and replaced with a
second top;
a can crusher mounted on a top surface of said first
top; and
means, laterally spaced from said can crusher, for
passing articles through said first top into said
interior recess without moving said frame of said first
top.
55. A receptacle as in Claim 54 wherein said can crusher is
removably mounted on said top surface.
The reference relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness is:
Deiters 5,048,413 Sep. 17, 1991
(filed Mar. 29, 1990)
Claims 54 and 55 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Deiters.
Reference is made to the appellant’s main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 25 and 27) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No.
26) for the respective positions of the appellant and the
examiner as to the propriety of this rejection.
Deiters discloses a receptacle apparatus comprising a
housing in the form of a receptacle 12 having an interior recess
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