Appeal No. 1999-2458 Page 4
Application No. 08/851,693
To support a rejection of a claim under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b), it must be shown that each element of the claim is
found, either expressly described or under principles of
inherency, in a single prior art reference. See Kalman v.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789
(Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Claim 1 recites a crib dropside assembly comprising,
inter alia, a corner post; a dropside movably mounted to the
corner post and including an upper rail; a track coupled to
the corner post; an end fitting mounted to the upper rail and
including a track engagement member slidably mounted to the
track; and a shielding member coupled to the end fitting.
Claim 1 further recites that "said shielding member enclosing
said track engagement member and adjoining said corner post
such that substantially no gap is present between the end
fitting and said corner post" (hereafter "the substantially no
gap clause").
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