Appeal No. 1999-2425
Application 08/659,380
follows: claims 1-3, 9 and 11 over Wentz in view of Reinhard
and Gordon; claims 4-8 over Wentz in view of Reinhard, Gordon
and Ashbridge; and claim 10 over Wentz in view of Reinhard,
Gordon and Novak.
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejections.
The appellant’s claims require that the kneeler device
has a flat bottom. Wentz discloses a carpet seam-making
kneeler device having a bottom surface which preferably is
slightly convex across its width and has air vent holes
(abstract). The convex surface inclines at an angle of about
15E to valleys (25 and 26) on both sides of the convex surface
(col. 3, lines 26-28; figure 1). The convex surface functions
to impart an upwardly concave curvature to a cooling hot glue
tape below the carpet seam thereby producing a concave set in
the tape such that subsequent stretching of the carpet causes
the joint at the seam to be pulled level with the carpet
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