Appeal No. 96-1511
Application 08/063,919
Copell discloses a general purpose holder device for
receiving and holding articles such as “pipes, tooth brushes,
toilet appliances and similar elements” (page 1, column 2, lines
8 through 10). The device consists of a body 10 preferably made
of rubber or a similar material. The body includes an opening 12
for receiving the article and carries a mounting strip 17 which
may be embedded into the surface of an underlying support to
affix the body thereto. The opening 12 may define recesses or
grooves 13 to accommodate oval-shaped articles. As best shown in
Figure 3, Copell’s body has a base portion, a pair of resilient
wing portions joined to the base portion along a junction
location, and a longitudinally extending channel having opposite
open ends and a longitudinal mouth.
Copell’s holder device meets all of the limitations in
claims 1, 2 and 7 through 9 except for those requiring the base
portion to have opposite lateral edges (claim 1) and an adhesive
layer on its bottom surface (claim 2), and the grooves to be
triangular in cross-section (claim 8). In this regard, the base
portion of Copell’s device lacks any apparent opposite lateral
edges and adhesive on its bottom surface, and Copell’s recesses
or grooves 13 are semi-circular in cross-section.
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