Appeal No. 1998-0209
Application No. 08/452,153
We AFFIRM.
Claim 1, which is illustrative of the subject matter at
issue, reads as follows:
1. A leak-proof all plastic male urinal bottle comprising
a body leading to an open neck, said neck having a
circumferential depression on an inside surface of the
neck, a circular cap having a circumferential detent bead
surrounding a cylindrical surface of said cap at a
location where said depression and bead confront each
other when said cap is in place, a diameter of said
detent bead being greater than a diameter of said inside
surface of said neck, said cap having a diaphragm-like
disk with a reinforced area in the center thereof, said
diaphragm distorting responsive to pressure on said
reinforced area to form a somewhat conical shape which
reduces the diameter of said detent bead sufficiently to
slide through said inside surface of said neck far enough
to confront said circumferential depressed area, the
memory of said plastic causing said diaphragm to return
to said disk shape for driving said detent bead into said
circumferential depression responsive to removal of said
pressure on said reinforced area.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Borse 3,716,871 Feb. 20,
1973
Jones 5,422,076 Jun. 6,
1995
(filed Oct. 29, 1993)
The following rejection is before us for review:
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