Appeal No. 97-1023
Application 08/262,461
23 includes lower ends, with one lower end attached to a first
retraction reel means 17 at the rear of a seat portion 11 and
with the opposite lower end connected to a retraction reel
means 21 at a side of the seat portion 11. The patentee also
reveals (column 1, lines 23 through 27) that previously the
end of a shoulder strap was fixed at an anchorage point on the
side of a seat (the opposite end being attached to a harness
reel at the back or base of the seat).
We understand the examiner’s position on the asserted
obviousness of claim 14 as expressed in the answer. However,
a
review of the above evidence of obviousness reveals to us that
the claimed invention would not have been suggested thereby
when what appellant has informed us of in the present
application is set aside. Simply stated, it is our opinion
that a collective assessment of the teachings of Harmon and
Mathis by one having ordinary skill in the art would not have
suggested the invention of claim 14, i.e., a child seat with
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