Appeal No. 98-1979
Application 08/505,465
claim 17.
Among other things, the patent to Stroh teaches (Figs. 3
and 9) openings 21 in the front face of vertical upright
members 14 that receive lugs 55 of brackets 51 clamped to
shelves 40. As to the Zimmerman document, it discloses a
foldable cooling/baking rack wherein shelving elements 20 are
positioned between posts 14 and 18. The shelving is pivoted
to posts 14 (for folding the shelving relative to posts 14)
and detachably connected to posts 18 via enlarged end caps 56
on shelving beam 22 received by openings 58 (large diameter
portion 60 and relatively small diameter portion 62 as seen in
Fig. 3a) in the posts 18.
When we set aside what appellants have disclosed in the
present application, it is at once quite apparent to us that
the combined teachings of Stroh and Zimmerman simply would not
have been suggestive of the particular adjustable shelving
system of claim 17, i.e., a shelving system wherein each of
the side brace elements comprises a side wall having formed
therein a plurality of spaced openings having a keyhole
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