Appeal No. 2004-0053 Page 9
Application No. 09/678,635
through slot of a lead carrier of a window covering mechanism. Accordingly, the
decision of the examiner to reject claim 10, and claims 11-13 and 15 dependent
thereon, under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Frisbie is reversed.
In our view, independent claim 1 is readable on Frisbie. Frisbie's rubber tip 2
placed within a metal thimble 1 (which the examiner equates to the claimed anchoring
structure) is fully capable of being used in the claimed manner (e.g., being supported
along a path of travel of a lead carrier for a window covering mechanism) and Frisbie's
check or holding stud 5 having an acorn-shaped head 8 and a reduced portion or neck
9 (which the examiner equates to the claimed engagement structure) is fully capable of
being used in the claimed manner (e.g., for attachment to the lead carrier such that the
first end is alignable with an engagement aperture in the anchoring structure to cause
the enlarged portion of the first end of the engagement structure to be at least one of
momentum and force engageable with the engagement aperture to hold the lead carrier
in place to facilitate the manual operation of control structures supported by the lead
carrier). In that regard, Frisbie's check or holding stud 5 having an acorn-shaped head
8 and a reduced portion or neck 9 is capable of being attached to a lead carrier for a
window covering mechanism and Frisbie's rubber tip 2 placed within a metal thimble 1 is
capable of being supported along a path of travel of the lead carrier for engaging the
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