Ex Parte WILSON et al - Page 9



          Appeal No. 2006-0812                                                          
          Application No. 09/391,294                                                    
               a second support member flange lying in the second plane and             
               extending outwardly from said second portion a predetermined             
               distance and extending continuously along the entire length              
               of said second portion and from said cornered inner surface              
               radially outwardly.                                                      
               We need interpret what is meant by “extending outwardly from             
          said first portion.”                                                          
               The specification uses this phrase at column 3, lines 36-38              
          in describing figure 1 as:                                                    
               In the preferred embodiment (FIG. 1) the corner support                  
               member 10 has two flanges 44 and 46 extending outwardly from             
               the support member portions 36 and 38.                                   
               Figure 1 is reproduced below:1                                           













                                                                                       
          1 This figure is a cross sectional view of a corner post illustrating a thick 
          section (36,38) in the inner corner and thinner flanges (44,46) extending     
          outwardly.  (Section 508 Compliance)                                          
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