Appeal No. 97-2625
Application No. 08/118,925
scoring to provide an integral receptacle defined by a base
(36), sidewalls
(38, 40), and corner members (42) (col. 4, lines 15-22 and 37-
40 and col. 4, line 65 to col. 5, line 16). The sidewalls and
corner members are folded flat against the base for insertion
beneath the engine (col. 8, line 62 to col. 9, line 5). When
fully inserted the sidewalls are erected to a substantially
vertical position (Fig. 1). Retention members (54) are
employed adjacent the corners of the receptacle for
maintaining the sidewalls in their erected positions and for
holding the corner members in place against the outer surface
of a respective sidewall (col. 6, lines 1-26). With the
receptacle in position, straps (70) integral with the
sidewalls are attached to the engine supporting structure for
suspension of the receptacle beneath the engine (col. 7, lines
8-15).
In rejecting independent claims 1 and 13 under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103, the examiner contends that
[i]t would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill
in the area to design a draining foldable container
having a bottom wall and sidewalls extending upwardly and
inwardly from the periphery of the bottom wall to a
collar defining an opening which has an area lesser [sic]
than the bottom area in order to provide more stability
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