Appeal No. 2001-2178
Application No. 09/039,466
DISCUSSION
Hermanson discloses an exercise device composed of an
expanding unit 1 made of elastic rubber tubing, loops 7
attached to the free ends of the expanding unit, handgrips 10
detachably mounted on the loops 7, a protective sleeve 2
applied about the center of the expanding unit 1 and a
fastening device 4 coupled to the sleeve for affixing the
expanding unit 1 to a support such as a stationary hook or the
crack of a window or door. The fastening device 4 includes an
anchoring loop 3 surrounding the sleeve 2, a woven tape 6'
secured to the anchoring loop, two blocking elements 5 and 5'
disposed within the woven tape 6' and a hang-up ring or loop 6
formed at the free end of the tape 6'. Figures 7, 7' and 8
illustrate the manner in which the fastening device 4 is used
to attach the exercise device to a door or window.
Implicit in the examiner’s explanation of the rejection
of claim 1 (see pages 3 and 4 in the answer) is the concession
that Hermanson does not respond to the limitations in the
claim requiring (1) the elastic cord to be connected to the
loop strap by “a slip knot attachment . . . tightenable onto
said elastic cord which permits said first end and said second
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