Appeal No. 96-3999 Page 16
Application No. 08/395,719
form a neck 15. Neck 15 is provided with threads when a screw
cap is utilized. Bottom 12 is provided with a cylindrical recess
17 and an upwardly extending conical portion 18, complementary
with the top 13. Figure 1 of Torras shows two adjacently stacked
similar containers wherein the cap 16 of the bottom container is
within the cylindrical recess 17 of the top container and the
upwardly extending conical portion 18 of the top container rests
on the shoulder S of the bottom container.
We read claim 1 on Torras as follows: A first stackable
container (Torras' upper container 10) for seasonings, such as
salt, pepper and spices, comprising: a hollow cylinder (Torras'
wall 11) having an integral top wall (Torras' top 13) and an
integral bottom wall (Torras' bottom 12), a tubular mouth member
(Torras' neck 15) formed integral with the top wall and centrally
located on the top wall coaxial with the hollow cylinder, said
tubular mouth member having external threads thereon (when a
screw cap is employed in place of the crown cap 16 as taught by
Torras) and having a reduced diameter with respect to the
diameter of said top wail and extending upwardly from the plane
of said top wall (see Torras' Figure 1); said bottom wall having
a circular well (Torras' recess 17) centrally formed therein
coaxial with said cylinder and extending upwardly into the
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