Appeal No. 2000-0902
Application No. 08/804,466
section 20 for varying the effective length of the strap 60
and an attaching means 40 for attaching the strap retainer to
the goggles.
Currie pertains to a diving mask, and in particular to a
diving mask wherein a mask body 10 of rubber material is
initially molded as an integral one piece, substantially flat,
band-like preform (see Figure 2), and then deformed around a
lens element 34 and bonded at edges 30, 32 to form a finished
mask.
The examiner correctly finds that Zachry’s strap retainer
10 corresponds to the claimed attachment members having
adjustment means for varying the length of the strap. The
examiner further correctly finds that the strap of Zachry is
not formed by two distinct and separate strap sections that
can be opened and closed by means of a buckle, as now claimed.
Turning to Currie, the examiner finds that this reference
teaches a buckle 23’ located at the ends of straps 16 and 18
for securing the straps behind a wearer’s head. Based on
these findings, the examiner concludes (final rejection, pages
2-3) that it would have been obvious
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