Appeal No. 2000-2006
Application No. 09/027,173
provides for what are apparently non-elastic load securing
ropes (14) to allow for more secure attachment of the
tarpaulin to the vehicle. In addition, we share appellants'
view that the applied references do not teach or suggest a
tarpaulin having the particular multi-layered construction set
forth in claim 1, wherein the tarpaulin main sheet has
reinforcing webbing applied to an outer side thereof, a
retroreflective sheeting "incorporated onto the reinforcing
webbing," and a plurality of non-elastic straps "joined to
said retroreflective sheeting on said outer side" for
attaching to a perimeter of a vehicle. More particularly,
there is no teaching or suggestion in any of the three
references applied by the examiner of a multi-layer
construction wherein non-elastic straps are joined to a
retroreflective sheeting on the outer side of a
tarpaulin as required in the claims on appeal and as generally
seen in Figure 5 of the application.
Since it is our determination that the teachings and
suggestions found in Hansen, Tolliver and Jones would not have
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