Appeal No. 97-0032
Application No. 08/095,295
about an axis generally normal to said front surface of said
strap and said inner wall of said bellows, said pivot means
enabling said bellows compartment to be pivoted to a
horizontal position independent of any orientation of said
strap on said torso of said person."
The pivot means is identified in the specification (page 8)
as a pivot (25), and is best seen in Figure 4B. The
specification indicates that the container/bellows compartment
(10, 11) may be rotated about the axis of the pivot. Figure 4C
depicts an arrangement wherein the belt (12) is diagonally worn
over a shoulder and hip of a person (28), with the compartments
being rotated about the pivots (25) such that the containers are
maintained in a horizontal position to thereby prevent their
contents from accidentally spilling out, and to provide easy
access to their contents.
Turning to the prior art applied by the examiner, even if
one of ordinary skill in the art would have found it obvious to
modify the garter and purse arrangement of Warren in the manner
urged by the examiner based on teachings found in Connell,
Worrall and Touzani, the container resulting from such
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