Appeal No. 1996-3947 Page 3
Application No. 08/151,741
second coupling means, coupled to said base and said
second cover, for coupling said second cover to said base
between a first position covering one of said longitudinally
extending sections and a second position exposing the one of
said longitudinally extending sections concealable by said
second cover, said second coupling means including a hinge
coupled to said second cover and said base for pivotally
coupling said second cover relative to said base.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Sprenger 4,530,865 Jul. 23,
1985
Corsi et al. (Corsi) 4,942,271 Jul. 17,
1990
Whitney 5,336,849 Aug. 9,
1994
(Filed Jan. 17, 1992)
Switzerland Patent 443,432 Feb. 15.
1968
Mayer et al. (Mayer)
German Patent 2,124,163 Nov. 23,
1972
Pollak
Claims 2 through 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner cites Corsi in view of
Whitney and Pollak with regard to claims 2 through 5, 11 and
14, adding Sprenger to this combination with regard to claims
6, 7, 10 and 15 through 22, further adding Mayer to the
extended combination with regard to claims 8, 9 and 23. In
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007