Appeal No. 2001-2166
Application 09/275,965
i.e., that all of the limitations in the claim be found in or
fully met by the reference. Kalman v. Kimberly Clark Corp., 713
F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied,
465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Hutchison discloses a merchandise display system (see
Figures 2a, 2b, 3a and 4) comprising a wall panel and a support
member in the form of slat-wall display device 30 and merchandise
holder 50, respectively. The slat-wall 30 includes a slot or
channel 34 defined by upper and lower wings 36 and 38, upper and
lower inclined inlet edges 43 and 44, an upper interior surface
46 and a corresponding lower interior surface (undenoted by any
reference numeral), upper and lower side support surfaces 37 and
39, and a rear surface 35. The holder 50 consists of a base
member 52, a support arm 56 extending from the front of the base
member and a pair of flanges 60 and 64 extending from the rear of
the base member into the wall slot. Flange 60 is downwardly
inclined for engaging the lower inclined slot inlet edge 44, and
flange 64 has horizontal and upwardly inclined sections 66 and
67, a vertical portion 68 for engaging the upper interior slot
surface 46 and resilient biasing arms 70 for bearing against the
upper side support slot surface 37. The biasing arms 70 urge
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