Appeal No. 97-2229
Application No. 08/094,748
folding apparatus. The subject matter before us on appeal is
illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A removable garment folding apparatus which is
completely removed from the garment after the garment has been
folded, comprising:
a main body portion shaped and dimensioned to conform to
a desired folded dimension of a garment to be folded, said
main body portion having a flat, rectangular shape;
said main body portion being fabricated of a
substantially rigid material;
means for supporting said apparatus without said garment
when said removable garment folding apparatus is not in use,
said supporting means extending from an upper end of said main
body portion;
said main body portion comprising a pair of side fold-
guiding edge portions, a bottom fold-guiding edge portion, and
a centering mark;
said side fold-guiding edge portions being defined by
opposite side edges of said main body portion which are smooth
and continuous along their entire lengths and which are
parallel to one another;
said smooth, parallel side fold-guiding edge portions
being freely slidable relative to garment portions folded
thereover to permit free sliding disengagement and complete
removal of said apparatus from the garment folded thereon;
said main body portion being adapted to be centered
relative to said garment to be folded by aligning said
centering mark with the center of the collar of said garment
to be folded;
said main body portion being adapted to have said garment
folded only over said smooth, parallel side fold-guiding
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