Special receptacle or package – Base with attached clasping-type article retainer – Resiliently biased rigid retainer
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-27
2006-06-27
Gehman, Bryon P. (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
Base with attached clasping-type article retainer
Resiliently biased rigid retainer
C206S488000, C206S509000, C206S540000, C211S074000, C220S023400
Reexamination Certificate
active
07066330
ABSTRACT:
A base and a plurality of containers is described. The base may have a plurality of receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacles having a first dimension. Each of the plurality of containers may correspond to one of the plurality of receptacles. Each container may have a first dimension which is about the same as the first dimension of its corresponding receptacle. The base may have a top surface and each of the plurality of receptacles may be comprised of a plurality of walls, each of which extends upward from the top surface of the base. Each of the plurality of containers may have a lid which can be sealed and unsealed. The plurality of receptacles can be arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each of the plurality of containers may have protrusion at its top and a recess at its bottom so that a first container can be stacked on a second container. Furthermore, each of the plurality of containers may have bottom surface bounded by a plurality outer walls which define an octagonal shape and each of the plurality of receptacles may have an opening which is bounded by a plurality of walls which define an octagonal shape. The base may include means for temporarily attaching each of the plurality of containers to the base which may be comprised of the receptacles. In some embodiments each container may be comprised of a plurality of walls, a bottom surface, a lid, which enclose a substantially sealed chamber when the lid is in a closed position. In addition when the lid is in an opened position there is an opening at the top of the chamber and the chamber is bounded by the plurality of walls, and the bottom surface. In one embodiment the lid and the plurality of walls are substantially opaque while the bottom surface of the first container is transparent, so that an individual can see the contents inside the chamber through the bottom surface, while the opaqueness of the walls and lid prevents pills from being damaged by light.
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Gehman Bryon P.
Tencza Jr. Walter J.
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