Appeal No. 96-1237
Application No. 07/994,770
the application, which are claims 1 through 9 and 14 through 20,
stand withdrawn from further consideration by the examiner.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a sound and thermic
insulation mattress. With reference to Figure 2 of the
appellants’ application drawing, the mattress 20 comprises an
opening 22 having a compressible water repellent foam insert 24
therein and at least one adhesive strip 30 glued onto at least
one of the two opposing faces of the insert and a portion of the
insulating mattress directly surrounding the opening. This
appealed subject matter is adequately illustrated by independent
claim 10 which reads as follows:
10. Sound and thermic insulation mattress to be secured to
a support and comprising an insulating mattress having at least
one opening; a compressible water repellent foam insert having
two opposing faces and being mounted in said opening of said
mattress, said insert being large enough to substantially fill
said opening, being watertight and having sound and thermic
insulation properties; and at least one adhesive strip glued onto
at least one of the two opposing faces of said insert, said
adhesive strip having a surface larger than that of the insert so
as to keep said insert in place and to also cover no more than at
least a portion of the insulating mattress directly surrounding
said opening to ensure a sealed link between said insert and said
insulating mattress when said mattress is secured to said
support.
The prior art relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness is set forth below:
Cunnington 2,129,167 Sep. 6, 1938
Millard 3,182,119 May 4, 1965
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