Appeal No. 2000-0165
Application No. 08/783,693
Claims 1 and 5 are illustrative of the claimed invention,
and they read as follows:
1. A composite for forming a fluid-tight seal
between two separate objects when said objects are joined
into a protective closure and also for allowing said
protective closure to be readily and repeatedly
disassembled into said two separate objects, said
composite comprising:
a. a substantially non-adhesive, resilient and
yieldable sealant; and
b. an adhesive non-releasably adhering to and in
combination with said sealant; the adhesive
contacting and adhering to only the sealing
interfaces of one of the two objects at the time of
installation with the non-adhesive sealant
contacting the sealing interfaces of the other of
the two objects, so that when the two objects are
joined to form the protective closure the composite
sealant forms a fluid-tight seal between them while
allowing the protective closure to be readily and
repeatedly disassembled into said two separate
objects and reassembled back into said fluid-tight
protective closure.
5. A process for making a composite for forming a
fluid-tight seal between two separate objects when said
objects are joined into a protective closure and also for
allowing said protective closure to be readily
disassembled into said two separate objects, said process
comprising the steps of:
a. selecting a substantially non-adhesive,
resilient and yieldable sealant;
b. selecting an adhesive; and
c. non-releasably connecting together said
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