Appeal 2005-0801
Application 09/848,628
a hood [54] positioned over said lid vent hole [72]
to shield said vent hole from down falling
moisture, whereby air can convect through
said at least one vent hole [50] in said lower
portion [32], through any waste contained in
said lower portion [32], and out said lid vent
[54 & 72] carrying moisture therewith.
43. Claims 3 and 4 as originally filed were amended to now
depend from amended claim 1. Minor errors were also corrected.
44. Claim 7 as originally filed was amended to remove
several limitations that were redundant to the features added to amended
claim 1. Claim 7 as amended reads as follows:
Claim 7. (Amended) The waste cart [20] as defined in claim 1 further
including:
a perforated false bottom [56] positioned in said hollow body [22]
above said at least one vent hole [50] in said lower portion [32] to allow air
circulation under waste retained above said false bottom [56], wherein { said
at least one lid vent [54 & 72] includes:
a vent hole [72] in said lid [40]; and
a hood [54] covering said lid vent hole [72], }
said vent hole [72] including:
an abutment surface [75] for contacting said lid [40] about said
lid vent hole [72];
at least one L shaped retainer member [79] to hold said hood
[54] to said abutment surface [75]; and
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