Appeal No. 98-1040
Application 08/388,573
used for temporary exhibition or display purposes and, in
particular, to a novel base or cabinet formed of four
(identical) panels
interengaged by the use of lap joints which facilitates rapid
assembly" (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is illustrative
and reads as follows:
1. A cabinet stand assembly for rapid set-up and take
down which comprises:
a) four panels with each panel of the same width having a
pair of opposing edges and a pair of opposing large area
surfaces extending between said edges;
b) a first releasable fastener affixed to one of said
pair opposing edges of each panel; and
c) a second releasable fastener affixed to a large area
surface of each of said panels proximate to the other of said
pair of opposing edges, said first and second fasteners
releasably engaging each other upon contact therebetween, the
placement of said four panels in alternate overlapping edge
configuration whereby adjacent first and second fasteners
interengage forming a cabinet stand assembly of equal width
sides.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Manlove et al. (Manlove) 3,837,721
Sept. 24, 1974
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