Appeal No. 98-0363
Application 08/740,389
claimed.
We will not support the examiner's position. Neither,
Golkowski nor Carman is in any way concerned with providing
pivotal movement of the free end of the screen. In fact both
Golkowski and Carman appear to go to great lengths to avoid
it. More specifically, Golkowski provides a rigid, laterally
extending reinforcement bar 45 at the free end of the screen
which has a T-head 48 on each end thereof with upwardly and
downwardly extending legs 46, 47. One of these legs on each
end of the bar extends for a distance along a lateral edge of
the screen and is supported in a guide channel formed by
spaced apart guide elements 50,51 for the purpose of guiding
the lateral edges of the screen (see column 3, line 62,
through column 4, line 29). With respect to this guiding
action, Golkowski states that:
It should be noted that the amplitude
of [the] guiding surface between the T-
heads of the bar 45 and the associated
guiding channels 51 is sufficient so that
should the operator release only one of the
plungers, the other plunger will cause the
screen to be lowered without danger of
distorting or damaging the guide, T-heads
or screen. Such release of only one
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