Appeal No. 98-1040
Application 08/388,573
merits of these rejections.
Solari, the examiner's primary reference, discloses
a folding portable stand, intended for the setup of
booths at expositions or the like, which, when it is
opened and unfolded [see Figure 1], forms a complete
vertical wall of a central furniture unit and is
constituted by additional parts, among them
adaptable segments which can be oriented as desired
and equipped with various shelves or removable
platforms for the support of any objects to be
displayed, whereas said mobile unit, when folded or
closed [see Figure 3], can form, with the aid of
supplementary panels, a closed box in which the
various shelves, platforms or other removable
accessories can be placed and which constitutes the
shipping container for the transport of the portable
unit itself [translation, page 2].
As best shown in Figure 3, the panels of the stand are joined
by hinges which allow the stand to be closed into box form or
opened into a variety of display positions.
The Solari stand fails to meet a number of limitations in
claim 1 including those relating to the first and second
releasable fasteners. These particular limitations require a
first releasable fastener to be affixed to one of a pair of
opposing edges of each of four panels and a second releasable
fastener to be affixed to a large area surface of each panel
proximate to the other of said pair of opposing edges, with
the fasteners releasably engaging each other for placement of
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