Appeal No. 96-0638
Application 08/074,546
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A cover apparatus of a cassette tape recorder comprising:
a first cover rotatable to be openable and closable with respect to a body of said
tape recorder, said first cover having holding means to encase a tape cassette so that
said tape cassette encased in said holding means is rotatable in accordance with the
rotation of said first cover, a length of said first cover in longitudinal directions being
smaller than that of said tape cassette so that a portion of said tape cassette protrudes
from said first cover when being encased in said holding means; and
a second cover engaged with said first cover to be rotatable together with said first
cover and movable along said first cover, said second cover rotating to cover the entire
tape cassette in cooperation with said first cover when said first cover is closed with
respect to said tape recorder body, and said second cover moving substantially in parallel
with respect to said first cover to overlap with said first cover when said first cover is
opened by a predetermined amount with respect thereto, so that the portion of said tape
cassette protrudes from a tip portion of said second cover.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Takamatsu et al. (Takamatsu) 4,628,498 Dec. 9, 1986
Tobimatsu (UK Patent Application) 2 211 980 Jul. 12, 1989
Claims 12 to 15 stand rejected under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 as
being indefinite. Claims 1 to 3, 7, 8 and 12 to 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by Tobimatsu. Finally, claims 4 to 6 and 9 to 11 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over the collective teachings of
Tobimatsu in view of Takamatsu.
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