Appeal No. 2000-0504
Application 08/799,898
screwed into a nearby surface such as a wall and comprises an
arm with a mounting means for holding the Christmas tree
mounted on the end.
Claims 1 and 11, reproduced below, are further
illustrative of the claimed subject matter.
1. Apparatus for stabilizing an object that extends
upwardly from a surface comprising:
means attachable to a fixed position above said surface
for mounting said object; and
means on the mounting means for fixedly attaching said
object at a single position thereof.
11. A method of stabilizing a surface mountable object
comprising the steps of:
(a) displacing positioning means away from said surface
for mounting said object with respect to said surface; and
(b) fixedly attaching said object on the mounting means
away from said surface with said object having the same
orientation that it would otherwise have.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as
evidence of anticipation and obviousness are:
Jones 1,340,273 May 18, 1920
Mahannah 2,019,789 Nov. 5, 1935
Riccio 2,731,223 Jan. 17, 1956
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
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