Appeal No. 1998-0236
Application No. 08/472,536
In any case, there is no teaching in this reference that the
joint between the hinged table top panels 39 overlies the
cross piece 28 of the table’s frame. Tasaka, on the other
hand, does disclose a bed construction, but there is no
teaching in this reference of any stringers or cross members
underlying the bottom wall panels 11.
For the foregoing reasons, we cannot sustain the two
rejections of claim 17. For the same reasons we cannot
sustain the rejections of claims 18 through 23 which depend
directly or indirectly from claim 17. As noted supra with
regard to the rejection of claim 1, Nelson does not rectify
the foregoing shortcomings of Hannum and Tasaka.
With regard to claim 30, Bianco discloses an upper bed
section and a lower furniture section having furniture
components such as storage drawers 26 and dresser 28.
However, Bianco concededly lacks a teaching of providing
separable post assemblies for removably mounting the upper bed
section 20 on the lower furniture section.
Perkins, however, teaches a modular furniture system
having upper and lower furniture sections 12 and 14 supported
on corner post assemblies. Each of the post assemblies
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