Appeal No. 2002-2107 Page 6
Application No. 09/160,085
other, though with a significant resilient tendency (indicated by the arrows) to approach
each other; a hole 4 formed on each of the wings 3; stems 5 of a shaft 6 mounted in the
holes 4; and a winding thread 7 from which hangs a mobile (not shown).
Peterson's invention relates to wire storage devices, and more particularly to wire
storage devices for holding multiple rolls of wire. As shown in Figures 1-8. the wire
storage device is mounted to a ladder and includes a pair of side plates 42, 44; a
plurality of shafts 46 spanning between and detachably engaged to the side plates
42, 44 with the ends of the shafts 46 received by apertures 50 in the side plates 42, 44;
cotter pins 52, 54 are used to fix opposite ends of the shafts 46 against passage
through the side plate 42, 44; and spools 60 of electrical wire 56 are rotatably mounted
about the shafts 46.
The examiner concluded that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill
in the art to provide Williams with (1) parallel side walls2 having an aperture as taught
by Domingo and (2) a plurality of holes and rods (i.e., apertures and shafts) as taught
by Peterson.
2 Williams' earlier patent (U.S. Patent No. 1,024,958) discloses parallel side walls.
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