Appeal No. 96-1511
Application 08/063,919
This appeal is from the final rejection of claims 1 through
5, 7 through 12 and 16 through 20, all of the claims pending in
the application.2
The invention relates to “a holder device for securely
retaining a writing implement, such as a pen, pencil, marker and
the like, to a support surface, such as at a location nearby to a
telephone, copy machine, notebook, etc.” (specification, page 5).
Claim is 1 illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A holder device mountable on a support surface of a
support and adapted to removably secure elongated writing
implements thereto, the holder device comprising:
a base portion having opposite lateral edges and adapted to
mount on said support surface; and
a pair of resilient wing portions each jointed to said base
portion longitudinally along a junction location, said wing
portions extending away from said base portion and converging
toward one another to terminate in a free wing edge so that said
wing portions and said base portion define a longitudinally
extending channel sized to receive an elongated writing
implement, said channel having opposite open ends and a
longitudinal mouth located between said wing edges whereby said
writing implement may be inserted through said mouth and retained
within said channel, and including a longitudinal groove formed
proximate to each respective junction location in said channel,
said grooves operative to permit deflection of said wing portions
away from one another thereby to reduce bending moments of force
on said base portion when said writing implement is inserted
through said mouth.
2Claim 1 has been amended subsequent to final rejection.
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