Appeal No. 96-2715
Application 08/359,673
circular brim which defines a wide-mouth opening for said jar;
and
(b) a removable lid for said jar which seals said wide-
mouth opening, said lid including:
(1) a top wall disposed about a central axis;
(2) an encircling member extending downwardly from
said top wall and radially about the central axis, said
encircling member including a screw thread which matingly
engages with the screw threads located at the upper portion of
said side enclosure; and
(3) a circular flexible flange extending downwardly
from said lid and radially about said central axis, said
flexible flange having a tip which is radially flexed relative
to a remainder of said flange upon engagement with said curved
upper wall of said base jar to seal therewith as the screw
threads on the upper portion of the side enclosure of the base
jar matingly engage with the screw threads on the encircling
member of the removable lid.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Novitch 3,811,591 May 21, 1974
Abe et al. (Abe) 4,907,709 Mar. 13, 1990
Bourdier et al. (Bourdier) 2,431,432 Feb. 15, 1980
(French Patent Publication)
Claims 2, 3, 6-10, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers
Abe in view of Bourdier with respect to claims 2, 3, 6-9, 24
and 25, and adds Novitch with respect to claim 10. The final
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