Appeal No. 96-2623
Application No. 08/240,095
isolated teachings of the prior art. See, e.g., Grain Processing
Corp. v. American Maize-Products Co., 840 F.2d 902, 907, 5 USPQ2d
1788, 1792 (Fed. Cir. 1988).
With this as background, we analyze the prior art applied by
the examiner in the rejection of the claims on appeal.
Stiff teaches the use of a letter pressing device designed
for applying letters, numerals and personalized monograms upon
garments such as baseball caps and athletic uniforms. The letter
pressing device 1 includes a sole plate 40, a heating element 52
mounted on the upper surface of the sole plate and a pressure
head 50. As illustrated in Figures I, IV and V, the sole plate
40 has a curved lower surface 46, having a concave curvature
corresponding to that of the convex upper surface 48 of pressure
head 50. Additionally, the letter pressing device 12
incorporates means for automatically aligning the pressure head
with the curved lower surface of the sole plate. This includes 3
the pressure head having a bored hole 88 centrally located in the
lower side thereof for receiving the upper end of pin 90. As
2See column 3, lines 58-63, of Stiff.
3See column 2, lines 6-9, of Stiff.
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