Appeal No. 1999-0614 Page 3
Application No. 08/804,410
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given
careful consideration to the appellant's specification and
claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the
examiner. As a consequence of our review, we make the
determinations which follow.
Claim 7, the only independent claim on appeal, reads as
follows:
An apparatus for converting the appearance of an
existing chain link fence into a wood appearing
planked fence comprising in combination:
an existing chain link fence having opened
spaces between adjacent links of the fence, said
chain link fence forming a plank support system;
a plurality of vertically disposed spaced
plastic fence planks adapted to be mounted on said
plank support system, each of said fence planks have
upper slanted surface edges and vertical outer
surfaces that simulate the appearance of a wooden
fence in both surface grain and color;
at least two mounting members for each of said
planks, each of said mounting members having larger
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