Appeal No. 1998-1847 Page 9
Application No. 08/540,095
the claimed invention. In that regard, it is clear to us that
the claimed "snap buttons" pass through the claimed "openings"
as follows: The snap buttons are depressed against the force
of
the springs thus permitting the terminal ends of the seat back
mounting members to be inserted into the openings and the
terminal ends of the seat back mounting members are advanced
entirely through the openings such that the force of the
springs are now able to extend the snap buttons thus fixing
the seat back in place. While in the embodiment of the
openings shown in Figures 1 and 2 the snap buttons appear to
be oriented downwardly such that they would automatically
extend upon passing the rear bench leg 12 and thus the snap
buttons would need to be depressed again to pass the front
bench leg 10, we believe that even this embodiment of the
openings is enabled.
For the reasons set forth above, we conclude that
appellant's disclosure would have enabled a person of ordinary
skill to make and use the appellant's invention without undue
experimentation.
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