Appeal No. 1998-3316
Application No. 08/203,300
The Pougher reference (Fig. 7) teaches a frame for
photographs made from transparent plastic material. The frame
provides a trough for photographs, which photographs are
viewable though the side walls of the frame. A plain sheet of
material (partition) may extend between the photographs (page
3, lines 38 through 40). A person's fingers can engage upper
ends projecting
slightly above the trough for withdrawal purposes (page 3,
lines 26 through 34). 3
The Lyman reference discloses a frame construction that
includes two identical frame assemblies hinged together, each
molded of transparent plastic material (column 2, lines 11
through 25). When two panels 42 of each assembly (Figs. 2
through 4) are ultrasonically welded together, pairs of
parallel narrow surfaces register with one another, and the
panels are spaced apart slightly a sufficient distance to
receive a pair of photographs. Interrupted shoulders 58 along
3As indicated in this reference (page 3, lines 26 through
28), a closure for the upper end of the trough may be omitted.
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