Appeal No. 1999-2660 Page 2
Application No. 08/850,313
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a pedestal or stabilizing apparatus for use with a
computer tower unit having a generally narrow width with respect to its depth and height and a
computer system comprising the pedestal and tower unit in combination. The pedestal is a
single bar (110 or 160) having end portions (130 or 170, 180) which are adapted to interlace
with one another so that tower units equipped with such pedestals can be placed closely
together side by side with the fronts of the tower units being aligned. In a first embodiment,
the end portions (130) are angled to have an S-shape in opposite directions, as illustrated in
Figure 2, such that when two pedestals are placed in alignment with one another, the first end
portion of one pedestal can be interlaced with the second end portion of the other pedestal. In
a second embodiment, the first end portion (170) is a single end which is aligned with the
middle portion of the bar and the second end portion (180) takes the form of a fork or double
end, as illustrated in Figures 6A and 6B, such that when two pedestals are placed in alignment
with one another, the double end portion of one pedestal branches out around the single end
portion of the other pedestal to permit the two end portions to be interlaced. The claims on
appeal are reproduced in the appendix to the appellants' brief.1
1While the copies of the claims in the appendix to the appellants' brief are substantially correct
reproductions of the claims of record, the copies of claims 9 and 15 in the appendix differ from the claims of record
in that, in claim 9, line 6, "portion" has been omitted after "middle" and, in claim 15, line 1, "9" has been omitted
after "claim."
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