Appeal No. 1998-1329
Application 08/642,595
rejection of claims 1, 2, 4-10, and 21, all of the claims
pending in the present application. Claims 3 and 11-20 have
been canceled.
The claimed invention relates to a sanitary cover for a
telephone mouthpiece or earpiece. The cover includes a
central portion and skirt portions extending from the central
portion that include projections for engaging the groove
formed in a conventional telephone handset. More
particularly, Appellants indicate at pages 4 through 8 of the
specification that the central and skirt portions are formed
of first and second layers having different lengths or
dimensions with the first layer being disposed on the second
layer over its entire length. According to Appellants, the
connection of the two layers of differing lengths or
dimensions creates an uneven tension between the layers which
permits the cover to retain its shape even though the covers
may be folded and stacked for storage and packing.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
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