Appeal 2007-0924
Application 10/401,079
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to containers and caps for
pharmaceutical or nutritional products, such as tablets, capsules and
medicinal syrups (Specification ¶ 2), as well as food, beauty products,
chemicals and other items (Specification ¶ 26). Independent claims 1 and 16
are illustrative of the claimed invention and read as follows:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing defining a first internal space to
store at least one item and a first aperture;
an occluding structure removably coupled to
the housing to occlude the first aperture wherein
one of the housing and the occluded[1] structure
defines a second internal space separate from the
first internal space;
an expandable structure configured to have a
retracted state and an expanded state, the
expandable structure capable of being manipulated
between the retracted state and the expandable
state and having a dimension suitable to reside
within the second internal space in the retracted
state, the expandable structure having a first
surface with symbols printed thereon such that at
least a portion of the symbols are visible when the
expandable structure is in an expanded state.
16. An apparatus comprising:
means for storing objects;
means for enclosing the means for storing
objects; and
means for providing an expandable structure
including a first surface with symbols printed
thereon,
1 The term "occluded" should be "occluding" for consistency.
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