Appeal No. 95-2898
Application 08/053,193
portion and for rendering said first wall portion flexible so
that the first wall portion is elastically displaced radially
inward to a deformed position to allow the center core to be
attached to said optical disk by passing the cylindrical wall and
the claws through the center hole of the optical disk until the
claws snap into position. As pointed out above, Kikuchi teaches
a plurality of slits 59 in Figure 5 for rendering the first wall
portion (the portion of the wall having 57 face) flexible so that
the first wall portion is elastically displaced radially inward
to a deformed position to allow the center core to attach to the
optical disk by passing the cylindrical wall through the center
hole of the optical disk. Furthermore, we note that the modified
Kikuchi center core having the Azuma claws would allow the claws
via the spring displacement to pass through the center hole of
the optical disk until the optical disk passes by and then the
claw would snap into place. Thus, we find that the Kikuchi and
Azuma combination teaches all of the limitations of the claims as
argued by Appellants and there are suggestions in the prior art
that would have led those skilled in the art to combine the
teachings of Kikuchi and Azuma. Therefore, we will sustain the
Examiner's rejection of claim 1.
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