Appeal 2007-0135
Application 10/138,088
1 4. Guinet discloses in Fig. 1, a separate beverage closure cap 10 and a
2 sealing member 1 that includes depending lips 4-6 that follow the
3 top wall surface 7 of the beverage container 3. (Guinet, col. 1, ll.
4 66-70).
5 5. In Figs. 4-5 of Guinet, alternate embodiments are shown where the
6 cap seal does not include a separate sealing member, but rather, the
7 depending lips 22, 23 (Guinet, Fig. 4) and 36-38 (Guinet, Fig. 5)
8 extend directly from the cap. (Guinet, col. 2, ll. 30-33 and 44-47).
9 6. Guinet additionally discloses that in Fig. 5, the outer or free edges
10 of the lips are flat to contour to the (flat) surface 33 of the beverage
11 container. (Guinet, col. 2, ll. 48-51).
12 7. From the disclosure of Guinet, we find that the cap can either
13 contain the sealing projections, or the sealing projections can be a
14 separate element for use with the cap. However, we do not find
15 that in Guinet, the inner seal member engages the top surface or
16 rim of the beverage container before the outer seal member(s).
17 8. Luch discloses (Luch, Fig. 2) a cap 21 having a depending seal
18 member 61 which contacts, through an adhesive, the horizontal
19 flange 24 of cap 21.
20 9. Ohmi discloses a closure 4 for a container. The closure includes a
21 synthetic resin liner 10 that is press molded to the inner surface of
22 metal shell 4. (Ohmi, col. 2, l. 64 to col. 3, l. 1).
23 10. As shown in Fig. 2, liner 10 includes two circular projecting rims
24 12 and 14. As shown in Fig. 5, the projecting rim 14 contacts the
25 top surface 24b of the container 18. As shown in Figs. 5 and 6,
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