Appeal No. 2000-1555
Application No. 08/922,929
Detachable top layer 12 separates from strap 10 at one end and
pivots at its other end which is attached to bottom layer 14 by
hinge 18 (col. 2, lines 56-67). We further find that Blonder
refers to the function of top layer 12 as being “released and
rotated at hinge 18" (col. 3, lines 28-30, 62-65 and col. 4,
lines 37-44) which shows that top layer 12 does not require to be
straightened after release and adopts a straighter configuration
as soon as it is released from its first end 13. In particular,
Blonder specifies in col. 4, lines 37-40 that:
The strap 10 is made of materials that are relatively
stiff so that when the top layer 12 of the strap 10 is
released and rotated, the top layer 12 will remain in
an “upright” position. [Emphasis added.]
Therefore, top layer 12 is biased to a straighter configuration
compared to the curvature of the strap 10. However, neither top
layer 12 nor any part of the handset is demountable from the
wearable element or strap 10. In fact, all the elements remain
attached to strap 10 forming the wrist radiotelephone device.
Accordingly, we find that the radiotelephone device of
Blonder does not include a wearable element and a demountable
handset; rather it includes the wrist strap and the handset in
one integral structure that is wearable as one unit. Although we
disagree with Appellant that Blonder’s top layer 12 is not biased
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