Appeal No. 2002-1778 Page 13
Application No. 09/285,078
a clamp having a pair of jaws arranged to receive a flower corsage,
wherein the clamp has a spring resilience that is sufficient to permit securement
of a flower corsage between the jaws of the clamp by pressing the flower
corsage between the jaws of the clamp against the spring resilience, whereby
the spring resilience alone secures the flower corsage between the jaws after
said pressing ceases; and
a flower corsage secured between the jaws of the clamp.
12. A method for producing a wrist corsage, comprising the following steps:
providing a holder including a generally curved band configured to be
worn on a human wrist, and a clamp having a pair of jaws arranged to receive a
flower corsage, wherein the clamp has a spring resilience that is sufficient to
permit securement of a flower corsage between the jaws of the clamp;
inserting a flower corsage into the clamp by pressing the flower corsage
between the jaws of the clamp against the spring resilience; and
ceasing said pressing, thereby securing the flower corsage between the
jaws solely by the spring resilience of the jaws.
Independent claims 7 and 12, and claims 8 to 11 dependent on claim 7, include
a flower corsage secured between the jaws of the clamp. In our view, absent the use of
impermissible hindsight, there is no teaching, suggestion or motivation in the applied
prior art (i.e., Jacks, Gallagher, Kaber and Moore) to have a flower corsage secured
between the jaws of Jacks' secondary spring clip 2. While Gallagher and Kaber each
teach a flower corsage secured in place by bendable prongs, it is our opinion that
Gallagher and/or Kaber would not have suggested securing a flower corsage between
the jaws of Jacks' secondary spring clip 2.
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