Receptacles – Compartmented container – Compartment partition is movable or removable
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Stashick, Anthony (Department: 3781)
Receptacles
Compartmented container
Compartment partition is movable or removable
C220S532000, C220S544000, C220S551000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08002138
ABSTRACT:
An item receiving apparatus that, in various embodiments, comprises: (1) a housing defining an interior storage area and an opening through which at least one item may be received for storage within the interior storage area; (2) an item support surface disposed adjacent the interior storage area for supporting one or more items as the items are stored within the interior storage area; (3) an item repositioning assembly disposed between the opening and the item support surface. The item receiving apparatus may be adapted to move the item repositioning assembly from a first orientation to a second orientation in response to the occurrence of a pre-determined event. The item repositioning assembly may be adapted to push one or more items within the storage area laterally away from at least a portion of the item repositioning assembly as the item repositioning assembly is moved from the first orientation to the second orientation.
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Dotson, Sr. James W.
Eisler Joel H.
Fitzgerald Robert M.
Joiner Kyle A.
Alston & Bird LLP
Innovative Product Achievements, Inc.
McKinley Christopher
Stashick Anthony
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