Appeal No. 95-4590
Application 08/056,188
to its stay . . . 2. an eyelet, as of metal or plastic,
protecting an opening in cloth, leather, etc." In appellants'
specification (page 5) it is merely indicated that "the
carrying bag has a number of grommets 43 secured to the body
portion 12"; however, there is no other description of these
elements. In Figure 1 of the drawings of the application, the
"grommets" are shown by reference character (43), which
essentially point to the rings that
are secured in some fashion to the sidewall of the body of the
bag. Since the "grommet" structure shown in Figure 1 of
appellants' drawings is clearly not an eyelet protecting an
opening in the fabric sidewall of the bag, we therefore
conclude that the "grommet" disclosed and shown by appellants
is merely a ring structure secured to the bag which provides a
point of attachment for other accessories, such as the handle
(45) seen in Figure 1. Appellants' specification, at page 5,
lines 16-27, appears to support such an understanding of
appellants' "grommets." Given this understanding of the
"grommets" set forth in appellants' claim 21 on appeal, we
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