Appeal No. 2000-0086
Application No. 08/831,603
The examiner has given the term "inflatable" the reasonable and
customary meaning. There is no language in the argued claim that
requires any other construction. Furthermore, we disagree with
appellants' conclusion that a flexible rubber bag shown as
distended in a figure and provided with a pressurized air inlet
is not inherently inflatable. The examiner's finding of
inflatable is reasonable, and we hold that the burden has shifted
to appellants to provide evidence that the bag of Kliesrath is
not inflatable. The appellants have not done so.
Appellants argue that Kliesrath has no drape that hangs over
a portion of a person's body. On the contrary, Kliesrath is
directed to a covering for a body to control the temperature of a
person in bed. Col. 1, line 5. The quilt portion that extends
past the perimeter of the bag meets all appellants' claim
definitions of a drape, as outlined above.
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