Appeal No. 2000-0086
Application No. 08/831,603
26. An inflatable thermal blanket, comprising:
a base sheet with a lower layer of first material and an
upper layer of second material;
an overlaying material sheet attached to the upper layer of
the base sheet at a plurality of locations to form an inflatable
structure;
means for exhausting a thermally-controlled inflating medium
from the inflatable structure through the base sheet;
an inflation inlet for admitting a thermally-controlled
inflating medium into the inflatable structure; and
a drape, comprising an extension of the base sheet.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of obviousness are:
Kliesrath 2,110,022 Mar. 1, 1938
Kintner 3,243,827 Apr. 5, 1966
Augustine et al. 4,572,188 Feb. 25, 1986
(Augustine)
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 26 through 32, 34, 36 through 40, 42 through 49, 51
through 59, 61 through 70, 72 through 78 and 80 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Kliesrath in view of
Augustine. According to the examiner, Kliesrath shows an
inflatable thermal blanket formed by lower layer 54 and an upper
layer comprising the bottom sheet of bag 56. The portion of the
blanket extending beyond the bag body 56, is considered the drape
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