Appeal No. 1999-1120
Application 08/592,562
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s final rejection of claims 43 through 52, which 1
are all the pending claims in the application.
The disclosed invention is related to the combination of
a cover assembly and re-entry tool for preventing unauthorized
access to electrical cables extending along a wall or floor.
The protective cover assembly includes a plurality of
longitudinally spaced, U-shaped clip members which are
securable to a wall or floor, an elongated, generally U-shaped
cover which is engaged by the clip members and a re-entry tool
which is necessary to disengage the cover from the clip
members to prevent unauthorized access to the electrical
cables. For example, the re-entry tool has a handle portion
and a blade-like prying means. The prying means are designed
with a substantially L-shaped thin blade to be inserted
between the side portions of the cover and the side walls of
the clip members to disengage abutment of the internal ridges
1 An amendment after the final rejection was filed as Paper
No. 13. The examiner approved its entry. See Paper No. 14.
However, this amendment has not been physically entered into
the record. The amendment must be entered into the record and
our decision considers the claims as if this amendment has
been entered into the record.
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