Appeal No. 2004-0088 Page 7
Application No. 09/821,663
within the enclosure by the closing element engaging with the restraining holder without
providing a gripping contact that would make removal of the pill difficult.
With this understanding, we turn to Mumford to ascertain if Mumford's container
includes a top section having a closing element that engages with the restraining holder
within the bottom section to prevent the pill from moving without restraint within the
enclosure. Figures 1-6 of Mumford illustrate a selectively openable, telescopically
closeable tablet container 10. The container includes a lid 12 and a base 14 adapted to
be brought into telescopic closed relationship. Lid 12 includes a panel 16 and a
peripheral skirt which includes opposed sidewalls 18, front wall 20, and a rear wall 22.
Depending downwardly from the internal surface of panel 16 is an annular wall 52.
Base 14 includes a panel 30, opposed sidewalls 24, a front wall 26 and a rear wall 28
which walls proceed upwardly from panel 30. Also proceeding upwardly, and disposed
internally of the container 10, is an annular wall 54 integrally formed on panel 30. Wall
52 and wall 54 are so proportioned that when lid 12 is brought into telescopic relation
about base 14 they inter-engage to define a sealed, internally disposed tablet chamber
53. Container 10 is formed as a single piece by providing a generally U-shaped hinge
34 which connects rear wall 22 of lid 12 and rear wall 28 of base 14. As shown in
Figures 1 and 3 of Mumford, the tablets are free to move within the tablet chamber 53.
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