Appeal No. 97-1020
Application 08/229,650
crotch strap outside the periphery of the compartment, but
would place it within the compartment, so that the crotch
strap could properly perform its intended function, and would
not be separated from the baby by a layer of blanket.
We therefore conclude that claim 1 is unpatentable
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a), and will sustain the rejection of
that claim, as well as of claims 2, 8 and 9 grouped therewith
(brief, page 3).
On page 6 of the brief, appellants assert that
Ranalli does not disclose three or five "aperture forming
means," as recited in claims 6 and 7. However, slits 21 and
23, for example (Fig. 9), are provided with closure members
(press studs) 31, 32, 35, 36, so that they may be formed into
a suitable number of apertures to accommodate the straps of a
three- or five-point harness (see Ranalli, col. 4, lines 33 to
41 and 58 to 62). Ranalli therefore discloses the claimed
numbers of "aperture forming means," and the rejection of
claims 6 and 7 will be sustained.
Rejection (2)
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