Appeal No. 1998-1431 Page 8
Application No. 08/665,162
person of ordinary skill in the art to use the hoop members
along with the stiffening members 25. However, McBride
teaches that in operation, the portion of the bag just below
the aperture is grasped to thereby create a bottleneck so as
to clean the cord as it is placed in the bag (Col. 4, lines 21
to 31). Therefore, were the hoop members utilized with the
stiffening member 25 as suggested by Rosenbloom, the
stiffening members taught by Rosenbloom would interfere with
the cleaning action of the McBride bag.
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