Appeal No. 97-1393 Application 08/456,349 Before COHEN, ABRAMS and FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's final rejection of claims 1 through 20, which are all of the claims pending in the application. Appellant’s invention relates to a portable, foldable structure for the dressing of game animals in the field. As can be seen in Figures 1 through 3, the device includes an elongated upper arm member (11) with a flange support portion (12) on one end thereof and a game animal support attachment (15) carried on the opposite end, and a lower arm member (13) attached to the upper arm member by a pivot attachment (23) and having means (25) on the opposite end thereof for engagement with a tree. Figure 3, in particular, shows the open or use position of the device, wherein the flange support portion (12) associated with the upper arm member is held in place against a tree trunk by a 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007