Appeal No. 2004-0672
Application No. 09/894,704
examiner as depending from a rejected claim but otherwise
allowable.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a water shower
apparatus. With reference to Figures 1-9 of the appellants’
drawing,1 the apparatus comprises a main body 1 having a
plurality of arms 11 and a plurality of spray nozzles 8, 9 and
14-16. Further details of this appealed subject matter are set
forth in representative independent claims 40 and 56 which read
as follows:
40. A water shower apparatus comprising:
a main body positioned behind a back of a bather,
a plurality of arms supported movably on said main body, and
a spray nozzle on each of said arms for spraying water,
wherein said arms are movable towards and away from each
other, and a width of positions where said arms are supported by
said main body is narrower than a breadth of shoulders of the
bather.
56. A water shower apparatus comprising:
a plurality of arms movable to a showering position and
spraying water from a water source,
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1 As correctly explained by the examiner on pages 1 and 2 of
the answer, the appellants’ “SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION” on page 2
of the brief incorrectly describes the subject matter on appeal
with reference to their Figures 10 et seq. which relate to a
nonelected species (e.g., see Paper No. 11).
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