Appeal No. 2001-2192
Application 09/116,906
respective positions of the appellant and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.1
DISCUSSION
Fontaine discloses “a weight activated seat cushion
switch with an electronic delay circuit” (column 1, lines 6
and 7).
As further described by Fontaine with reference to Figure 1,
a resilient compressible apertured separator 1
separates two wire mesh contact sheets 2 and 3 in
which conductive contacts 4 are mounted on several
opposing locations on sheets 2 and 3. Holes 5 allow
opposing contacts 4 which are preferably washers, to
touch when separator 1 is compressed. In normal
operation this would occur when a person sits on the
device. Contacts 4 are electrically connected to
contact sheets 2 and 3. Delay circuit 7 normally
fits into slot 10. Lead wires 8 and 9 and G are
normally connected to whatever activating device
this invention triggers (not shown). Resilient
layers 17 and 18 protect contact sheets 2 and 3.
Plastic cover 6 provides a protective outer cover
for the device of the invention.
During operation twelve volts of DC electric
power is applied across lead wires 8 and 14 by the
activating device this invention triggers (not
shown). Lead wire G attaches to ground. A typical
1In the final rejection (Paper No. 8), claim 11 also
stood rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated
by U.S. Patent No. 5,113,176 to Harris. Due to the subsequent
amendment of the claim, the examiner (see page 2 in the
answer) has withdrawn this rejection.
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