Appeal No. 97-1952
Application 08/289,068
removable and interchangeable fashion” and does not teach or
suggest panels/units which are “designed to be interchangeable
with each other,” are not persuasive because the broad
language of independent claims 1 and 5 on appeal do not recite
or require such features. Moreover, we note the disclosure in
McMurtrie (col. 2, lines 7-10) that the frame therein is
“readily adapt-able for use with different fixture
arrangements,” (col. 6, lines 49-55) that the frame structure
is “adapted to various design arrange-ments... functions, and
exteriors from their presently illus-trated position,” and
(col. 7, lines 8-11) that the frame is designed “to provide
versatility to meet changing conditions as technology in the
art advances” and is also designed “to provide versatility to
meet individual present day requirements.”
What McMurtrie does not show or disclose is a grab bar
panel, as in claim 13 on appeal, which is installed in one of
the
receptacles, and wherein said grab bar panel is one of said
removable and interchangeable modular bathing equipment
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