Appeal No. 97-1977
Application 07/970,862
Objects of the invention in Connell, set forth in
column 2, lines 5-16, indicate that the invention therein will
relieve a skier from the inconvenience of having to retrieve a
map from a zippered pocket and will provide a map holder whose
position on a skier's exterior clothing is maintained by friction
to keep it in full view at all times.
It is apparent from the foregoing that a paramount
consideration in Connell is that the ski area trail map not be
carried in a zippered or otherwise sealable pocket of the user's
ski apparel and that the map holder be positioned on the skier,
or the skier's exterior clothing, so that it is "instantly
available" and so that it is "in full view at all times." Given
the importance of this aspect of the Connell invention, we do
not share the examiner's view that it would have been obvious to
one of ordinary skill in the art to place a ski map in the trans-
parent pocket (40) of Williams "in view of the teachings of
Connell." The pocket (40) of Williams is on the interior of the
foldable security wallet and is thus enclosed within the wallet
when the wallet is folded, as seen in Figures 2-3, with the
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