Appeal No. 98-1295
Application No. 08/325,361
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1-3 and 5-17. Claim 4, the only
other claim of record, has been indicated as containing
allowable subject matter.
The appellants’ invention is directed to a blast
attenuating container. The subject matter before us on appeal
is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as
follows:
1. A blast attenuating container comprising:
a number of panels, at least one of which has blast
attenuating properties,
the panels being joined together to form an enclosure by
joint means for providing a relatively rigid joint between
joined panels under normal handling loads and for providing a
relatively flexible hinged joint capable of transmitting
tensile loads between joined panels under blast conditions.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Powell, Jr. (Powell) 2,489,670 Nov. 29, 1949
Veenema 3,989,157 Nov. 2, 1976
Norton 4,162,341 Jul. 24, 1979
Kupersmit 4,860,912 Aug. 29,
1989
Lee (PCT) WO 91/07337 May 30, 1991
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