Appeal No. 1997-2273
Application No. 08/320,585
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 31
through 53.
The disclosed invention relates to horizontally spaced-
apart item switches located on at least some of the shelves of
a cabinet.
Claim 31 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
31. A unit for dispensing items, said unit comprising:
a cabinet:
a plurality of shelves vertically spaced-apart in
the cabinet;
a plurality of item switches horizontally spaced-
apart on at least some of the shelves; and
a plurality of movable storage locations on at least
some of the shelves, wherein at least one item switch is
located adjacent to each storage location.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kimbrow 4,737,910 Apr. 12,
1988
McLaughlin et al. (McLaughlin) 5,014,875 May 14,
1991
Colson et al. (Colson) 5,346,297 Sept. 13,
1994
(filed Jan. 4,
1993)
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