Appeal No. 2002-0957 Page 2
Application No. 09/635,634
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to containers useful for holding joint compound
and similar material that can be mixed within the container and scooped therefrom for
application with an applicator such as a taping knife or trowel and, more particularly, to
double bay containers suitable for retaining in a second bay material spilled over the
edge of a first bay as it is scooped therefrom (specification, page 1). Claim 1, the sole
claim before us on appeal, reads as follows:
1. An open topped container comprising a first receptacle
and a second receptacle joined at a common upper edge
each receptacle having a rectangular open top and each
receptacle enclosing a volume on all sides except the open
top wherein panels extending from the common edge
provide a sufficient length of space therebetween to rest on
at least a portion of a forearm extended by a user
therebetween and to accommodate at least a portion of a
thumb of a hand of the user extended beneath and around
one of the receptacles and wherein the first receptacle, the
receptacle that is on the inside of the forearm as the
container rests on the forearm, provides a curved path for
raking material onto an applicator.
The examiner relied upon the following prior art references of record in rejecting
claim 1:
Pratt 1,757,475 May 6, 1930
De Murguiondo 2,162,162 Jun. 13, 1939
Budd 4,800,845 Jan. 31, 1989
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