Appeal No. 2001-1637
Application No. 08/800,052
back panel 58, respectively, and again acknowledges that
Myslinski fails to respond to the claim limitations requiring
the top to include the studded play surface. Dahme and/or
Boutin are advanced to cure these deficiencies.
Dahme discloses a supporting column for use with
partition walls and shelves. In the embodiment illustrated in
Figure 4, supporting columns 70 form part of an island display
counter 60 which also includes a base stand 62, an elevated
counter section 64, a lower platform member 66, a vertical
wall member 72 and shelves 74, 76 and 78. As shown, the
vertical wall member 72 extends above and below the adjacent
counter section 64.
Boutin discloses a play kit 2 comprising a carrying case
4, a play tray 16 sized to fit into the case, and a play sheet
18 adapted to be attached to the upper surface of the tray.
One example of a play sheet includes raised features (studs)
21 for detachably mating with blocks 23.
In proposing to combine Myslinski with Dahme and/or
Boutin, the examiner concludes that it would have been obvious
to one of ordinary skill in the art “to modify the play table
of Myslinski by adding a rear wall thereon (adjacent to the
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