Appeal No. 96-3999 Page 17
Application No. 08/395,719
interior of said cylinder (see Torras' Figure 1), and said well
having a selected diameter to receive the tubular mouth member of
a second like container to enable the first container to be
stacked on top of the second container (see Torras' Figure 1) of
a second like container (Torras' bottom container 10) to enable
the first container to be stacked on top of the second; a cover
having an internally threaded annular skirt portion (the screw
cap employed in place of the crown cap 16 as taught by Torras)
removably mounted on said tubular mouth member in threaded
engagement therewith and with said skirt portion extending down
over said tubular mouth member (see Torras' Figure 1), and in
which the outer diameter of the annular skirt portion of said
cover and the inner diameter of the well are selected to enable
the first container to be stacked over the second container in a
close fitting sliding interlocking relationship (see Torras'
Figure 1).
As to claim 3, we note that the claimed concave annular
surface "reads on" Torras' conical portion 18 and that the
claimed annular convex surface "reads on" Torras' conical
shoulder S.
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