Appeal No. 2002-2107 Page 5
Application No. 09/160,085
a primary support wall having a front face, a rear face, an upper edge, a
lower edge, and opposing parallel side edges;
a pair of parallel side walls, each side wall extending from a respective
parallel edge of said primary support wall, each side wall further terminating in an
outer edge and having a plurality of apertures formed through the side wall
adjacent the outer edge, whereby apertures in one side wall are aligned with
corresponding apertures in a remaining side wall;
at least one support rod having opposite ends, each of the opposite ends
being insertable through corresponding aligned apertures in said pair of parallel
side walls, said at least one support rod including holes formed therethrough
adjacent opposite ends thereof; and
a hanger portion of equal width to and coextensively formed with the
upper edge of said primary support wall, said hanger portion solely supporting a
weight of said supply rack.
Williams discloses a device for holding articles used in sewing which may be
attached to a dress or suspended from a cord or ribbon. As shown in Figure 1, the
device includes a frame A having a back wall 10 with two diverging brackets 11 (see
Figure 6) or two convergent brackets 11 (see Figure 7). The brackets 11 are provided
with slots 13 supporting a shaft 14 on which a spool B of thread is carried and turns.
Williams refers to his previous patent (U.S. Patent No. 1,024,958) on a similar device
on page 1, lines 17-19, and page 2, lines 13-14.
Domingo's invention concerns a holding device for holding and fitting of hanging
elements (mobiles) to the height of the ceilings for publicity sales locations. As shown
in the sole figure, the device includes a plate 1 designed to be mounted to a ceiling by a
pressure-applicable adhesive layer 2; two wings 3 perpendicular and parallel to each
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