Appeal No. 98-3288
Application 08/630,304
frame members 22 and 24, comprising an upright vertical side
channel and top and bottom horizontal channels, is formed from
a single bent channel piece.
The Nilsson patent teaches a cabinet that, according to
the patentee, is sufficiently strong to withstand specified
mechanical stresses, “inter alia vibrations caused by
earthquakes” (column 2, lines 36 and 37). The cabinet
includes flat frame parts 1, 2 at the top and bottom ,
respectively. Upstanding fastening cleats 3 are welded to each
short side of both frame parts 1 and 2, as depicted in Figs. 1
and 2. The cleats 3 are made from steel sheet material which
is pressed into a “corrugated configuration” and welded to one
of the frame parts 1 and 2. Two box section end walls 4, each
wall made up from an interior steel sheet 7 and an exterior
steel sheet 8 welded together, are placed over the cleats 3
and are removably fastened thereto by elements 6 (Figs. 1 and
3).
A collective review of the above evidence of obviousness
readily reveals to us that this evidence would not have been
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