Appeal 2005-0801
Application 09/848,628
9. Fig. 4 shows hollow body 22, lid 40, vents 50 near the
base 24, vents 52 in the upper end 32 [not labeled in Fig. 4], vent hole 72,
hooded lid vent 54, perforated vent plate 78, false bottom or drying plate 56,
a plurality of plastic hollow cylinders 66, and pins 62.
10. Fig. 4 also shows a reinforcing groove 85 in hooded lid
vent 54 at a right angle to perforated vent plate 78.
11. Fig. 5 is a front view of the detachable vent 54 of Figs. 1
through 4 (Col. 2, ll. 19-20).
12. Fig. 5 shows the reinforcing groove 85 in hooded lid vent
54 (Col. 3, ll. 29-31).
13. Fig. 6 is a side view of the vent structure of Fig. 5 (Col.
2, ll. 21).
14. Fig. 6 shows the hooded lid vent 54 having a plurality of
“L” shaped retainer members 79, a plurality of arrowhead shaped catch
members 80, all of which face outwardly to engage the lid 40. The hooded
lid vent 54 further includes an abutment surface 75 in contact with the
surface while the “L” shaped retainer members 79 retain the vent 54 to the
lid 40 and the catch members 80 allow the vent 54 to be snapped into place
covering the vent hole 72 (Col. 3, ll. 18-25).
15. U.S. Patent 5,464,733, states three objects of the
invention (emphasis added):
[It is] therefore [an] object of the invention to provide an
improved organic waste cart, which can promote drying of organic
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