Appeal No. 2000-1614
Application No. 08/944,371
Rejection (2)
Claim 1 reads:
A portable armrest comprising:
a base rod having a first end and an
opposed second end;
a strap coupled to said first end of said
base rod, said strap adapted to attach said arm
rest to the user; and
a plurality of upper rods, each said upper
rod having an arm rest member at one end
thereof, and each said upper rod adapted to be
adjustably attached to said second end of said
base rod, and wherein each said upper rod has a
differently shaped arm rest member than said arm
rest members of a remaining [sic: the remainder
?] of said plurality of upper rods, wherein said
plurality of upper rods is adapted for use with
a variety of weaponry.
Cover discloses a portable armrest with a base rod, 1, 3,
5, a strap 2 coupled to the first end of the base rod to
attach the arm rest to the user, and an upper rod 6 adjustably
attached to the base rod and having an arm rest member 7 at
its end. Cover does not disclose a plurality of upper rods,
each having a differently shaped arm rest member, as recited,
but the examiner finds that it would have been obvious to
provide such a plurality of upper rods in view of Dubé’s
disclosure that the arm rest member 14a at the end of the
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