Appeal No. 1999-1039
Application No. 08/876,762
from aerial observation.” The invention comprises a metal
frame of horizontal and vertical arrays of metal bar members
connected together by hinge means so they can be “raised or
lowered,” a fabric cover “imbued on its outside surface with
shapes and colors resembling detailed attributes of
surrounding smaller edifices for placement over the frame to
form a three-dimensional camouflage structure,” and crank,
cable, pulley and support means “wherein the frame is capable
of being raised and lowered repeatedly and successively with
the fabric cover placed over the frame.” Independent claim 1
11 sets forth the invention in almost identical fashion,
except that it recites powered drive means capable of raising
and lowering the frame and directly connected to the frame.
Claims 1 and 11 stand rejected as being unpatentable over
Nilsson, which discloses an erectable structure comprising a
metal framework over which a canvas cover is stretched. The
structure is assembled in several stages. First, the beams
are placed in a row, with each beam positioned slightly
1We have interpreted the phraseology regarding “raising”
and “lowering” as meaning between fully erected and completely
collapsed positions, in that these are the only two positions
in which the invention is disclosed as being utilized.
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