Appeal No. 2000-2006
Application No. 09/027,173
have been canceled.
Appellants' invention relates to a tarpaulin comprising a
sheet of canvas or synthetic resin material, reinforcing
webbing applied to an outer surface of the sheet, a
retroreflective sheeting incorporated onto the reinforcing
webbing, and a plurality of non-elastic straps joined to the
retroreflective sheeting for attaching to a perimeter of a
vehicle. Independent claim 1 is representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of that claim can be found in the
Appendix to appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Hansen 5,050,924 Sep. 24,
1991
Jones 5,388,702 Feb. 14,
1995
Tolliver et al. 5,491,021 Feb. 13,
1996
(Tolliver)
Martin et al. (Martin) 5,637,173 Jun. 10,
2
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