Appeal No. 97-2540 Page 6
Application No. 08/339,558
Papaianni discloses a compartmentalized trash container.
In the particular embodiment shown in Figure 3, the trash
container 10 includes three compartments 27, 29 and 31 for
selective disposal of waste. Compartment 27 is separated from
compartments 29 and 31 by an inverted V-shaped groove 36
extending upwardly from base 12 to a common interior wall 34 and
a depending V-shaped groove 38 depending from the top 24 to the
common interior wall 34. Papaianni teaches (column 3, lines 36-
42) that his configuration permits easy stacking of trash
containers 10 since the compartments 27, 29 and 31 of one trash
container 10 can be inserted into the identical compartments of
another trash container 10 for easy stacking and storage.
Dziersk discloses a utility caddy for transporting cleaning
supplies. As shown in Figures 1 and 4, the caddy 10 has
compartments 28, 30 separated by partition 20. Partition 20
includes a pair of opposing walls 22, 24 integrally formed with
handle 36. The compartments 28, 30 are formed by two pairs of
opposing sidewalls 12, 14, bottom walls 26, rounded corners 16
and opposing walls 22, 24 of the partition 20. The opposing
walls 22, 24 define a space 44 and opening 46 which facilitates
nesting and denesting a stack of such caddies.
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