Appeal No. 96-1996
Application 08/181,075
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 12 through 27, which constitute all of the
claims remaining of record in the application.
The appellant's invention is directed to a member for
blocking the closing of a sliding door, and to a method for doing
so. The subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by
reference to claim 15, which reads as follows:
15. In a sliding closure assembly including a frame and a
sliding closure member which is slidable in said frame between an
open position and a closed position, the improvement comprising a
child safety device which includes:
a blocking member having two parallel opposed sides; and
an attachment member comprising a strap having a width and
opposed ends, said attachment member being attached to said
blocking member at one of said opposed ends, the other of said
opposed ends of said attachment member being attached to said
frame, whereby as said sliding member is moved from said closed
position to an open position, said blocking member is urged into
an operable position between said sliding member and said frame
so as to prevent said sliding member from being slid into said
closed position.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Hoopes, Jr. (Hoopes) 1,664,174 Mar. 27, 1928
Salerno 4,165,553 Aug. 28, 1979
Salvador et al. (Salvador) 5,369,840 Dec. 6, 1994
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