Appeal No. 1999-2425
Application 08/659,380
1. A kneeler device for use in making carpet seams
comprising:
an elongated, generally rectangular rigid member of a
width sufficient to accommodate only one knee of a user
kneeling thereon with one knee, said member having a flat
bottom unencumbered with obstructions so as to enable exerting
pressure by the flat bottom extending across a carpet seam and
under at least part of the weight of the user having one knee
resting atop the member at a forward location thereon;
a curved recess formed into an upper surface at said
forward end of said member adapted to receive the bent knee of
the user, with a forward ridge extending across the width of
the member at a forward edge of said forward edge, whereby a
user can move said member forward along a seam solely by leg
movement and engagement with said bent knee.
THE REFERENCES
Ashbridge 1,382,883 Jun. 28,
1921
Novak 1,529,498 Mar. 10,
1925
Gordon 2,448,427 Aug. 31,
1948
Reinhard 2,677,410 May 4,
1954
Wentz 4,780,173 Oct. 25,
1988
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
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