Appeal No. 2003-1271 Page 4
Application No. 08/901,713
With this as background, we analyze the prior art applied by the examiner in the
rejection of the claims on appeal.
Lindsay's invention relates to a tool holder and storage device which interfits and
hangs over the rim of a bucket equipped with a handle. In Figures 1 and 2, a tool
holder device 10 is shown draped over and supported by a five gallon, non-tapered
bucket 12 which can be any common bucket typically available to the craftsman and for
home use. Handle 14 extends across the opening and downwardly over the outside
surface of the bucket to median area position 18 on the outside surface of the bucket
where lower ends 16 of handle 14 engage in and attach to the bucket side wall. Tool
holder 10 includes a main tubular pliant and drapable cloth panel which drapes over the
upper rim of the bucket and extends downwardly essentially covering the inside surface
of bucket 12. That same piece of cloth drapes over the outside surface of bucket 12,
covering a major portion of that surface. The cloth drapes over the inside surface of the
bucket as inside panel 22 which drops downwardly close to bottom 50 of bucket 12
terminating at lower end 48 where it is folded continues upwardly to form lower inner
pockets 44. The same main body of cloth extends downwardly from section 20 of the
cloth over the outside surface of bucket 12 as outside section 24, terminating proximate
the lower edge of the outside surface of bucket 12. Pockets 26 are sewn onto inside
panel 22 to hold tools 27. Pockets 28 and 31 are formed on outside section 24.
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