Ex parte ELTING et al. - Page 10




          Appeal No. 97-2226                                        Page 10           
          Application No. 08/203,789                                                  


          have been performed.  As shown in Figures 1, the sectional                  
          garment includes a garment in the form of an undershirt,                    
          comprising, a back section 10, front sections 11 and 12, and                
          sleeve sections 13.  Any suitable fastening devices, such as                
          buttons, hooks and eyes, or snap-fasteners, are used to secure              
          the sections together.  As shown in Figure 1, the sections                  
          provide openings along the anterior midline, the left lateral               
          line and the right lateral line.  As shown in Figure 3, each                
          sleeve section 13 can be formed in two sections 17 and 18, thus             
          providing openings along the left forearm and the right forearm.            
          Additionally, Thompson discloses that his sectional garment may             
          be in the form of pajamas by including leg sections constructed             
          in the same manner as the arm sections.  Thus, the leg sections             
          include two separate upper leg sections 19 and two separate lower           
          leg sections 21.  As shown in Figure 5, the closable openings in            
          the leg sections are provided along the right lateral line of the           
          left leg portions and along the left lateral line of the right              
          leg portions.                                                               


               Dye discloses a garment which resembles pajamas and includes           
          a shirt 12 and pants 14.  The shirt 12 has openable sleeves and             
          the pants 14 have openable legs.  The sleeves and legs are                  








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