Appeal No. 2002-2319 Page 4
Application No. 09/129,197
disposed in the trough, limits relative movement of the panel
towards the elbow end, the panel being constructed of a
material which is stretchable in a longitudinal direction of the
arm and, in its relaxed state, having a lesser length than the
length of the patient’s arm from the elbow end to the portion
of the hand so that the panel material is longitudinally
stretched and substantially evenly engages the patient’s
elbow, arm and hand substantially free of localized pressure
points when the sling is applied to the patient’s arm, and a
strap attached to the panel and adapted to suspend the
panel from a shoulder of the patient.
19. A sling applied over and supporting an arm of a patient,
the sling comprising a panel having a closed aft end and an
open front end and defining a trough receiving and
supporting the arm so that an elbow end of the arm is
disposed at the closed end and a hand of the arm is
disposed at the open end of the trough, the panel being
constructed of a material which is stretchable in a
longitudinal direction of the arm, a member secured to the
panel proximate the front end thereof which engages a
portion of the hand and limits relative movement of the panel
towards the elbow end, the panel, when the material is in its
relaxed state, having a lesser length than the length of the
patient’s arm from the elbow end to the portion of the hand
so that the panel material is longitudinally stretched and
substantially evenly engages the patient’s elbow, arm and
hand substantially free of localized pressure points, and a
strap attached to the panel and adapted to suspend the
panel from a shoulder of the patient.
The indefiniteness rejection
The second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 requires claims to set out and
circumscribe a particular area with a reasonable degree of precision and particularity.
In re Johnson, 558 F.2d 1008, 1015, 194 USPQ 187, 193 (CCPA 1977).
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