Ex parte MCROBERTS - Page 2




         Appeal No. 2000-1416                                                       
         Application No. 09/073,847                                                 


         and 7, copies of which appear in the APPENDIX to the brief                 
         (Paper No. 15).                                                            
              As evidence of obviousness, the examiner has applied the              
         documents listed below:                                                    


         Danver              1,070,424                     Aug. 19, 1913            
         Izzi                     4,067,072                     Jan. 10,            
         1978                                                                       
         Izzi, Sr.                4,910,811                     Mar. 27,            
         1990                                                                       


              The following rejections are before us for review.                    


         1.   Claims 1, 4 through 7, and 10 through 12 stand rejected               
         under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Danver.                


         2.   Claims 1, 4 through 7, and 10 through 12 stand rejected               
         under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Danver in              
         view of Izzi, Sr. and Izzi.                                                


              The full text of the examiner’s rejections and response               
         to the argument presented by appellant appears in the final                
         rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 13 and 16), while the                     
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