Interference No. 103,611
that when the sofa bed was in the folded or sofa position, the
deck would yield in a downward direction to provide seating
comfort but not yield in an upward direction to prevent the
mattress from bowing upward in a convex shape causing an upward
bulge of the sofa cushions. In the unfolded or bed position the
deck would not yield in a downward direction to provide the
desired support for the mattress.
During the dinner, Miller disclosed to Holobaugh various
forms of his deck. One form of the deck included rows of plastic
members having recesses and projections in the opposite ends
thereof so that the projections of one plastic member would mate
into the recesses of an adjacent plastic member in end to end
relationship. A hinge pin extended through the mating ends of
the plastic parts to interconnect the parts for pivotal movement
relative to each other. The plastic parts were provided with
stops on the opposite ends thereof so that a stop on one plastic
member would be engaged with a stop surface on the adjacent
plastic member to prevent pivotal movement in one direction but
to allow pivotal movement in the opposite direction. Miller
Exhibit C is a napkin bearing a sketch made during the dinner
showing the plastic members.
Opinion-Miller’s Conception
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