Appeal No. 2001-1360
Application 09/290,056
Claims 21 and 22 are similar in scope to claim 1 except
that they do not limit the securing means to the annular collar
specified in claim 1. Implicit in the examiner’s explanation
of the rejection (see pages 7 and 8 in the answer) is that
Itzel responds to all of the limitations in claims 21 and 22
except for (1) those requiring the diameter of the second port
to be larger than the diameter of the first port and (2) those
relating to the portable fan unit.
Junkel discloses a portable fan device used in combination
with a spray misting bottle to enhance the spray atomizing
effect of the bottle by equally and uniformly distributing the
atomized
spray (see column 1, lines 6 through 11, and column 4, lines 45
through 51). As described in the reference,
[t]he spray misting bottle is of an atomizing spray
variety as is conventionally known in the art and
includes a fluid carrying base and a spray
applicating head portion which is secured atop the
base by a connector. The fan device includes a body
which is attachable to the spray applicating head
portion and a fan blade unit made up of a plurality
of blades which are connected to the body by a shaft
and extend forwardly from the body. The body forms a
self-contained unit which houses a small electric
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