Appeal 2006-2721
Application 09/579,938
Claims 1 and 7 illustrate Appellant’s invention of a paint storage
container, and are representative of the claims on appeal:
1. A paint storage container comprising:
a. a plurality of paint storage compartments each for storing paint
having a front, a back, a first side, a second side and a base;
b. a frame holding the paint storage compartments; and
c. means for dispensing removeably [sic] coupled to the base of the
paint storage compartments for dispensing paint from the paint storage
compartments, wherein the means for dispensing is capable of dispensing
paint without lifting the paint compartments.
7. A paint storage container comprising:
a. a plurality of paint storage compartments each for storing paint
having a front, a back, a first side, a second side and a base;
b. a frame holding the paint storage compartments;
c. one or more lids covering the paint storage compartments;
d. a stirring assembly removeably [sic] coupled to the lids for stirring
the paint stored in the paint storage compartments; and
e. a dispensing mechanism removeably [sic] coupled to the base of
the paint storage compartments to dispense paint from the paint storage
compartments, wherein the dispensing mechanism is capable of dispensing
paint without lifting the paint compartments.
The Examiner relies on the evidence in these references with respect
to the grounds of rejection advanced on appeal:
Corbin US 2,848,019 Aug. 19, 1958
Reed US 4,311,017 Jan. 19, 1982
DeVito US 5,842,606 Dec. 1, 1998
Briggs US 6,109,482 Aug. 29, 2000
1 Claims 20 and 27 are also of record and have been allowed by the
Examiner (Office action mailed June 10, 2004, 14).
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