Appeal No. 98-1047
Application 08/612,814
The invention relates to a spherical calendar device
which is adapted to be held and squeezably deformed by a
user's hand. Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A deformable calendar comprising:
a deformable member that is capable of fitting in a
user's hand when said member is held by a user, wherein said
member is capable of assuming a spherical shape, and wherein
said member has a flexible outer covering that surrounds a
deformable core;
a tabular register of indicia located on an exterior
surface of the covering of the deformable member, said indicia
including a plurality of groupings of numbers wherein each of
said groupings corresponds to a particular calendar month and
wherein each of said groupings is labeled with indicia that
define the calendar month associated with said grouping and
wherein said indicia further includes a group of numbers that
indicate a calendar year associated with the groupings of
months; and
wherein the outer covering of the deformable member is
made of a resilient material, and wherein a user can manually
stretch a portion of said covering to thereby increase in size
any of said indicia located on the surface of said stretched
portion.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Thomas 1,444,012 Feb. 6, 1923
Scatterday 5,350,342 Sept. 27, 1994
Claims 1, 3 through 5 and 7 through 14 stand rejected
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