Appeal No. 96-1323
Application 08/295,118
Appellant's argument that the integrally molded tray
of Hinds lacks "drive member receiving groove means" and
"alignment means," each defined on the bottom surface of the
plant tray by portions of the intermediate walls and portions
of the side walls that make up the molded tray and open-ended
plant cells therein, is simply not understood. It is clear to
us that in an arrangement like that seen generally in Figure 1
of Hinds, but with square plant cells as described on page 2,
lines 40-45, and square flange portions extending around each
of the plant cell drain openings as explained in the paragraph
bridging pages 1 and 2 of Hinds, the tray therein would have
a plurality of (e.g., three) longitudinally extending
generally "U-shaped" grooves intermediate the four rows of
plant cell openings and a partial groove extending about the
periphery of the tray, and a plurality of (i.e., nine)
generally "U-shaped" grooves positioned in perpendicular
relationship to the longitudinally extending grooves. All of
these grooves in the tray of Hinds would be defined or formed
on the bottom surface of the tray by "portions of" the
intermediate walls and "portions of" the side walls that
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