Appeal No. 1998-1937
Application No. 08/518,509
(B) claim 5, unpatentable over Carson in view of Holmes
and
further in view of Ferris.
Reference is made to appellant’s main and reply briefs
(Paper Nos. 17 and 20), and to the final rejection and
examiner’s answer (Paper Nos. 10 and 18) for the respective
positions of appellant and the examiner regarding the merits
of these rejections.
Discussion
Carson, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses an
overhead storage cabinet comprising a door mechanism in which
combination spring loaded hinge and slide mechanisms 26 mount
the cabinet door to the cabinet such that the door may be
moved to an open position (see Figure 4) over the cabinet top
surface. More specifically, each hinge and slide mechanism
includes a first track member 34 secured to a hinge plate 32
and a second track member 38 secured in a recess (not
numbered) in the back of the door. A plurality of ball
bearings 40 are carried on bearing races 36, which locate the
balls between the track members to permit sliding movement of
the track members relative to each other. See column 3, lines
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