Opinion ID: 4530329
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: A proppant discharge system comprising:

Text: a container having a bottom and a pair of sidewalls and a pair of end walls and a top, said container having an inlet formed at or adjacent to said top, said container having an outlet formed at set bot- tom, said container having a gate slidably affixed at said outlet so as to be horizontally movable be- tween a first position covering said outlet and a second position opening said outlet, said gate having a pin fixedly affixed thereto, said pin extending outwardly of said gate; and a support structure having a top surface and an ac- tuator, said container being removably positioned on said top surface of said support structure, said actuator having a receptacle, said actuator for Case: 19-1063 Document: 47 Page: 5 Filed: 04/30/2020 GRIT ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 5 moving said receptacle horizontally adjacent said top surface of said support structure, said pin of said gate engageable with said receptacle when said container is positioned on said top surface of said support structure, said actuator for moving said gate from said first position to said second position. ’341 patent claim 1 (emphases added). Relevant to this appeal, claim 1 requires (a) the container to have a gate with a pin fixedly affixed thereto, and (b) the support structure to have an actuator with a receptacle (hereinafter “the ’341 configuration”).