Appeal No. 2003-0423
Application No. 09/377,015
of outwardly swinging doors when the panel ruptures. Claim 22 is
illustrative:
22. A recloseable container having walls defining an
interior which, when said container is closed, is subjected to at
least one of a first and a second pressure, said first pressure
much lower than said second pressure, said container comprising:
a highly rigid integral panel at least partially forming one
of the container walls, said panel having an interior surface
exposed to said interior of said container, and an opposite,
exterior surface, said panel having an unruptured state at said
first pressure, said panel urged into a ruptured state in
response to an increase in interior pressure from said first
pressure to said second pressure; and
means for forming a pair of outwardly swinging doors in said
panel as said panel is urged into its said ruptured state, said
doors being open and attached to said panel in said ruptured
state.
THE REFERENCES
Kinuta 6,180,279 Jan. 30, 2001
(filed Dec. 9, 1997)
Takada et al. (Takada) 6,210,825 Apr. 3, 2001
(§ 102(e) date Aug. 12, 1998)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1-21 and 23-29
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, written description
requirement, and claim 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Kinuta in view of Takada.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections.
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