Appeal No. 2000-0305 Page 14
Application No. 08/887,453
near the center. Aperture 34 may be of any shape or size as
long as it is deformable to a position permitting entry of the
lenspiece 26 and the part of floor 18 underlying lenspiece 26
when the camera is disposed in
pocket 32. When aperture 34 is engaged by entry of lenspiece
26 and floor 18, the aperture fits snugly over the lens and
the case is closed by the "latch" so formed, as seen in Figure
3.
Alwitt teaches (column 3, lines 14-27) that
[i]n the preferred embodiment of this invention,
body 14 and cover 16 are made of resilient, deformable,
waterproof material, most preferably both are made of the
same material. Examples of such materials are elastic
polymers including neoprene rubber, Hypolon , or neopreneŽ
rubber with laminated nylon on one or both sides.
The resilient, deformable nature of the material and
the unitary construction of the case permits the case to
be easily reversible or invertible, so that pocket 32
becomes the outer surface of body housing 14 and vice
versa. Reversibility permits the user to change at will
the color, texture, or other qualities of the outer
surface of the case.
Claim 11
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