Appeal No. 2003-1439
Application No. 09/896,112
down the horse’s sides from opposite sides of the center section;
a strap 29 which secures the main panel to the horse, and a
plurality of cooling conduits for cooling selected portions of the
horse. (Figure 6, reference numeral 30).
De Rosa teaches a cooling garment to alleviate physiological
strain due to heat stress (abstract). A plurality of water-filled
pockets are frozen and secured inside the garment (column 2, lines
6-14) to cool the wearer. De Rosa teaches that ice can be used in
place of cold water cooling garments (column 1, lines 29-31 to
avoid a rupture which renders the whole garment unusable.
Accordingly, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time the invention was made to substitute
the plurality of ice bags of De Rosa for the cooling apparatus of
Buckley to avoid failures and high cost.
As for claim 13, Buckley discloses a main panel 19 sized to
fit over a horse’s back and sides, having side sections extending
down the horse’s sides from opposite sides of the center section;
and a plurality of cooling conduits for cooling selected portions
of the horse including the back and sides. (Figure 6, reference
numeral 30).
As for claim 14, De Rosa teaches a cooling garment to
alleviate physiological strain due to heat stress (abstract). A
plurality of water-filled pockets are frozen and secured inside
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