Appeal No. 2001-2338
Application 08/996,360
More particularly, appellant is specifically concerned with the
problem of persons sitting in this type of outdoor seating in
short sleeve shirts and facing the risk of the person’s bare arms
directly contacting the sun-heated armrests of such stadium
seats. To overcome this problem, appellant has devised a
portable cushioning and protection apparatus for the seat
armrests (e.g., Fig. 2) which can be easily installed on and
removed from the armrests and easily transported to and from the
outdoor stadium by the user. Also of importance to appellant is
the possibility of the outer surface of the cushioning and
protection apparatus having indicia thereon, such as a team name
or logo. Independent claims 23, 28, 33 and 36 are representative
of the subject matter on appeal and a copy of those claims may be
found in the Appendix to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Zapf 4,285,544 Aug. 25, 1981
Geraci 4,925,241 May 15, 1990
Coates 5,332,288 Jul. 26, 1994
Lofy 5,429,416 Jul. 4, 1995
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