Appeal No. 1999-1039
Application No. 08/876,762
inclined to the horizontal with the center portions
“approximately one meter above the ground” (page 3, lines 7
and 8; Figure 3), whereupon supplementary longitudinal beams
and cross-pieces are installed and the canvas cover is
unrolled over the frame. At this point, the frame is raised
“sufficiently far to provide sufficient headroom for a person
to stand underneath” (page 3, lines 32 and 33) and “further
erection is temporarily interrupted” so the canvas can be
stretched and secured to the frame at a number of attachment
points (page 3, lines 33-36). Upon completion of these steps,
the structure is pulled to its erect position by a winch and
cable. The process is reversed to disassemble the structure.
It is the examiner’s view that all of the subject matter
recited in claims 1 and 11 is taught by Nilsson except for the
material of which the frame is made and the “coloring” of the
cover and, as to claim 11, the powered drive means. However,
it is the examiner’s position that it would have been obvious
to one of ordinary skill in the art to make the frame of metal
because metal is a well-known material for making such
structures, to color the cover to resemble the detailed
attributes of the surrounding elements since such is “old and
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