Appeal No. 95-5048
Application No. 08/162,372
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the final
rejection of claims 1 and 8-15, all of the claims pending in2
the
application. The claims on appeal are directed to a blow
molded article. Claim 1 is illustrative of the subject matter
on appeal and reads as follows:3
1. A blow molded article comprising:
a blow molded, hollow, double walled article having an
inner wall and an outer wall substantially parallel to each
other and forming a space therebetween, and a connecting wall
connecting the inner and outer walls and running substantially
perpendicular to the inner and outer walls;
wherein said inner wall has an inner wall face including
an edge portion thereof adjacent the connecting wall and a
central portion adjacent the edge portion;
at least one essentially U-shaped opening in the inner
wall face, said opening being a cut portion of the central
portion having components thereof essentially perpendicular to
each other, providing access to the space between the inner
and outer walls and forming at least one flap member integral
2 Claims 4-7 were also finally rejected. However,
claims 4 and 5 were canceled in an amendment filed under 37
CFR § 1.116 (Paper No. 6) entered by the examiner, and claims
6 and 7 were canceled in an AMENDMENT AFTER APPEAL (Paper No.
11) also entered by the examiner (see Supplemental Examiner's
Answer, p.2).
3 Claim 1 was amended in the AMENDMENT AFTER APPEAL
(Paper No. 11) referred to in footnote 2 above.
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