Appeal No. 97-1020
Application 08/229,650
by folding up the bottom of the rear sheet. At the lower
end of the compartment there is an aperture 24 for the crotch
harness member, the edges 37 of the aperture being permanently
joined together, as by sewing (col. 3, lines 55 to 64; col. 4,
lines 48
to 53). Aperture 24 constitutes the recited "one of said
aperture forming means," and aperture 21 with fasteners 31,4
32,
is the "at least two" aperture forming means. The parts of
the compartment on either side of aperture 24 form the left
and right extensions recited in claim 10.
(II) Claims 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 are rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as unpatentable over Crosby in view of
Ranalli. Crosby discloses a baby blanket having an open-
4Construing "aperture forming means" in accordance with
35 U.S.C. § 112, sixth paragraph, we find a description of the
corresponding structure on page 7, lines 32 to 35 of the
specification, where appellants state that the apertures may
have either a closed perimeter, like an oversized buttonhole,
or an open perimeter, extending to one edge of the sheet.
Therefore, "aperture forming means" includes an aperture such
as 24 of Ranalli, which extends to the lower edge of the front
and rear sheets.
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