Appeal No. 1998-1609
Application No. 08/589022
the result that more stable anchoring points are provided, as
illustrated at point 74.
Independent claim 1 is drawn to a garment anchoring
system comprising, inter alia, a horizontally and vertically
elastic lower garment having a continuous waistband of elastic
material and an elastic body portion including a pair of leg
encircling bands, and fastening means at the front and back of
the lower garment. Claim 10 recites a garment anchoring
system comprising, inter alia, a lower garment including a
legged brief lower torso fitting body portion having a top and
a pair of leg portions, an elastic waistband including a
continuous waist-encircling elastic fiber material having a
first part of a hoop and loop fastener material. Claim 12
sets forth a garment anchoring system comprising, inter alia,
a lower garment including a legged brief lower-torso fitting
body portion having a continuous elastic waistband having a
pair of leg portions, and pressure responsive fastener
material secured to the waistband at the front and back
thereof.
Turning now to the applied prior art, we find that the
specific focus of patentee Larsen in resolving the problem of
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