Appeal No. 2005-0664 Page 4
Application No. 09/840,278
Daneshvar discloses a box having an upper lid 2 attached at hinge 13 to a body
1 and two plastic walls A and B also attached to each other and the body and lid at
hinge 13. The plastic walls A and B are held together along their front edges 23, 25 by
snaps 29, 33. Snaps X and Y, which are connected to the upper lid 2, hold plastic walls
A and B in place. Daneshvar teaches, in the last paragraph of column 3, that:
With snaps 29 and 33 holding walls A and B together along
front edges 25 and 23, and with walls A and B being hinged
via hinge 13 along opposite edges, it should be appreciated
that the snapped-together walls A and B form an inner lid
that can be swung open and closed on body 1, as suggested
by FIG. 9. As should also be appreciated, this inner lid will fit
into, and swing open and closed in unison with outer lid 2
when the two lids are held together by means of snaps X
and Y. When snaps 29, 33 are unsnapped, walls A and B
can open, as in FIG. 9, to allow access to spaces 24, 26, 22.
Daneshvar’s walls A, B lack the latches for engaging with the base portion (body) and
cover portion (lid) as recited in claim 4.
Ratcliff discloses a fishing box comprising upper and lower mating segments 11,
13 hinged together by hinges 21, 23. The lower mating segment has a tray 32 disposed
in a recess therein, the tray having two sub-compartments 41, 43 therein separated by a
rib 45 which are covered by covers 51, 53 both hinged to the tray and latched to the
closed position by a rotating latch 55 pivotally mounted on the rib 45. A panel 83 is
horizontally seated on seats 81 in the upper segment 11 to define an upper sub-
compartment 85.
Daneshvar’s walls A, B are snapped to one another by snaps 29, 33 and to the
upper lid 2 by snaps X, Y. Neither wall A nor wall B is snapped or otherwise removably
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