Appeal No. 1997-0262
Application 08/286,795
Figure 8 are each longitudinally slidable in their respective
female connectors (75, 85) to a position at which the male
connector forms a connection with said female connector.
Like appellants (brief, pages 6-7), we do not
consider that sliding a bolt (e.g., 152) of Sakakida Figure 10
through the hole in a tab of one of the tethers (151) forms a
connection with the female connector as is required in claim 8
on appeal. Claim 8 requires attachment means which comprise
detachably interconnectable male and female connectors,
wherein longitudinal
sliding of the male connector to a particular position within
the female connector “forms” (i.e., causes) a connection to be
made with the female connector. Such an arrangement is
clearly not found in Sakakida. In the Sakakida patent, it is
the nut (e.g., 153) which forms or causes the actual
connection between the male connector (bolt) and the female
connector (tether tab). Thus, since Sakakida only achieves a
connection of its male and female connectors by rotationally
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