Appeal No. 1997-0380
Application No. 08/368,099
conclusion of obviousness is, of course, impermissible.
Therefore, we will not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. § 103
rejection of the claim based on Farrington alone.
Turning next to the 35 U.S.C. § 103 rejection based on
Meyer in view of Farrington, Meyer discloses an upholstered
furniture tufting device comprising an elongated stud [10]
having a disc-shaped head portion [12] and a shank portion
[14] including a pointed tip [20]. The head has a well or
recess [22] communicating with a tapped bore [24]. The device
also includes a separate button [26] having a cylindrical head
[28] and a threaded shank [30]. In use, the shank of stud
[10] is inserted through the muslin-burlap covered stuffing
material [36, 38, 40] and a lock plate [32] is applied to the
exposed pointed tip [20] of stud shank [14]. Upholstery or
dress covering [42] having a plurality of grommet-reinforced
openings [44] is then applied over the furniture and the
threaded shanks [30] of the buttons
[26] are passed through openings [46] into engagement with the
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