Appeal No. 2005-0289 Page 10
Application No. 09/491,841
and tightly fitted over the strap or the strap may be
dipped in molten rubber or the like in such manner as
to form the desired coating and cushion on the strap"
(col. 3, lines 7-17);
As shown in figures 1 and 2, "[t]he reduced thickness of the
grounding strip 6 permits the rubber cushion 5 to overlap
the edges of the strip and therefore support substantially
the entire circumference of the line A" (col. 3, lines 31-
35);
"[t]hus the strip or member 6 will partly encircle the
line in tensioned or yielding contact therewith when
the ends 2 are secured tightly together and to the
member B as shown in Fig. 1" (col. 3, lines 43-47);
"[w]hen the fastening 4 is inserted in place it will
maintain the strip or tongue 6 carried by the portion 7
in the desired position overlying the cushion 5 and in
contact with the conduit line embraced by the cushion
and strap, so that the conduit line will be securely
anchored and also electrically bonded or grounded to
the metallic structure of the airplane on which the
strip is mounted even if the integral joint of the
strip with the strap breaks or falls in its purpose"
(col. 4, lines 2-12);
"said cushion and strip will be securely held against
displacement and reliably perform their respective
functions regardless of vibratory and other movements
of the line which would tend to dislodge such parts"
(col. 4, lines 23-27),
"tongue-like strips 14 are resilient or tensioned and
of considerably less width than the strap and lie in
inwardly spaced relation to the inner periphery of the
cushion so as to yieldingly engage or have a tensioned
engagement with the line and the cushion" (col. 4,
lines 38-44).
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