Appeal No. 1999-0052
Application 08/660,663
Claims 3 through 5 and 15 through 17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Battle in view of
Ballard and Jones, and claims 6, 7, 10 and 13 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Battle in
view of Ballard, Jones and Fasiska.
Reference is made to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 11 and 15) and to the examiner’s answer
(Paper No. 13) for the respective positions of the appellants
and the examiner with regard to the merits of these
rejections.
Battle, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses a
multi-layer, water-proof container for protecting a vehicle
from flood water. The container 10 includes a rectangular
floor surface portion 16, four collapsible side portions 12
through 15 and a drawstring 28 associated with the opening 40
defined by the upper edges of the side portions. After a
vehicle has been driven over the collapsible side portions and
onto the floor surface portion, the side portions are lifted
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