Appeal No. 2005-2412
Application No. 10/018,818
upon the bottom panel. Further details regarding this subject
matter are set forth in claims 1 and 11 which are the only
independent claims on appeal and which read as follows:
1. A shaped container bottom integral to a container for
containing a plurality of curved snack pieces, each
snack piece having a center radius, a center height, a
saddle height, a peripheral edge and a lower surface,
within a container, the container bottom comprising a
bottom panel having a center radius, a center height,
and a concave-curvature about a first axis of the
bottom panel, wherein the concave-curvature of the
bottom panel substantially conforms to the curvature of
the snack pieces and at least a portion of the
peripheral edge of a lowest snack piece of the
plurality of snack pieces rests upon the bottom panel.
11. A shaped container bottom for containing a plurality of
curved snack pieces, each snack piece having a saddle
height, a peripheral edge and a lower surface, within a
container, the container bottom comprising a bottom
panel comprising at least two base portions and a
bottom panel center disposed between the base portions,
the bottom panel center having a center height and a
concave curvature about a first axis of the container,
wherein the concave-curvature of the bottom panel
substantially conforms to the curvature of the snack
pieces and a peripheral edge of a lowest snack piece of
the plurality rests upon the base portions.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner in the Section 102 and Section 103 rejections before us:
Baur et al. (Baur) 3,498,798 Mar. 3, 1970
Beall (Beall ‘485) 3,852,485 Dec. 3, 1974
Beall (Beall ‘510) 3,956,510 May 11, 1976
Griffith 4,011,347 Mar. 8, 1977
Ruiz 4,873,099 Oct. 10, 1989
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