Appeal No. 2001-0533
Application No. 09/322,043
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a combination
comprising first and second containers and a coupling. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which reads as follows.
1. A combination comprising:
(a) first and second containers, each having a
body, an externally threaded neck which defines an
open mouth, and a collar extending radially from
said neck intermediate the threaded portion of the
neck and the body of said container which defines a
diameter greater than the diameter of the neck
portions adjacent thereto; and
(b) a coupling comprising an axially elongated
body with a central divider forming diametrically
opposed cavities in the ends thereof, each cavity
supporting internal threads mating with the
externally threaded neck on one of said first and
second containers and an end face which abuts the
radially extending collar.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Taylor 2,196,345 Apr. 9,
1940
Leopold Jr. et al. (Leopold) 3,245,701 Apr.
12, 1966
Conti 4,322,012 Mar. 30,
1982
Smith 4,336,891 Jun. 29,
1982
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