Appeal No. 1997-0262
Application 08/286,795
appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) based on Sakakida will not
be sustained.
As for the examiner’s rejection of independent claim
8 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) based on Sakakida, we note that
claim 8 sets forth releasable attachment means connecting the
tether
means and the cover means to permit disconnection and
reconnection of the cover means and the tether means, wherein
said attachment means comprises detachably interconnectable
male and female connectors, with
said male connector being longitudinally
slidable in said female connector to a
position at which it forms a connection
with said female connector.
The embodiments seen in Figures 7 and 8 of the
present application appear to be representative of the subject
matter set forth in claim 8 on appeal, given that the male
connector (78) in Figure 7 and the male connector (88) of
7
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