Appeal No. 1997-1332
Application 08/217,079
means for selectively interlocking said case members with
one another such that said bodies surround said cord;
means integrally formed in said case members, during
manufacture of said case members, for resiliently retaining each
body in its associated case member even when said case members
are separated from one another; and
wherein a hemi-hole is formed on each of the opposed end
walls of the case members for passage of the cord to and from the
groove;
teeth are integrally formed along on edge of at least one of
the hemi-holes of each opposed end of said noise absorber for
directly securing the cord when the case members are closed, at
least a root portion of said teeth of said at least one of the
hemi-holes lies in a plane defined by one of said end walls of
said case member and said teeth extend from said root portion;
and
said means for resiliently retaining each body within the
associated case member allows the body to move freely relative to
the associated case member while preventing the body from being
inadvertently removed from the associated case member when said
case members are separated from one another.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Wahl 3,325,591 Jun. 13, 1967
Mears, Jr. (Mears) 3,846,725 Nov. 5, 1974
Heilmann et al. (Heilmann) 4,005,380 Jan. 25, 1977
Hamisch, Jr. (Hamisch) 4,049,357 Sep. 20, 1977
Nakano 4,885,559 Dec. 5, 1989
(effective filing date Mar. 12, 1987)
Onishi (Japan) 55-12829 Apr. 4, 19801
Kashiwabuchi (Japan) 56-3561 Jan. 14, 19811
Iritani et al. (Iritani)
(Japan) 61-34705 Mar. 3, 19861
1 Our understanding of this reference is based upon a translation provided by the
Scientific and Technical Information Center of the Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the
translation is enclosed with this decision.
2
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