Appeal No. 1999-1987 Page 27
Application No. 08/400,129
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 10 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
Claims 17 to 22
We will not sustain the rejection of claims 17 to 22
under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Claims 17 to 22 include the limitation that the tether
"slides freely" within a moderately flexible sleeve.
Clearly this limitation is not met by any of the applied
prior art. Specifically, there is no disclosure in Albert
that his chain 23 "slides freely" within the rubber tubing or
hose 30.
Since all the limitations of claims 17 to 22 are not
suggested by the applied prior art for the reasons set forth
above, the decision of the examiner to reject claims 17 to 22
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
Claim 25
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