Appeal No. 2004-1274
Application 09/951,616
a building. See Appellants’ Fig. 1 and specification, page 3,
lines 23 and 24. The coping assembly 10 includes first and second
elongated coping sections 38 and a splice plate 88. See Appellants’
specification, page 6, lines 1 and 2. The second coping section 38
is positioned in an end-to-end relationship with the first coping
section 38 and spaced from the first coping section 38 to define a
gap 90 between the coping sections 38 such that a portion 92 of the
splice plate 88 is visible through the gap 90 as seen in Fig. 5.
See Appellants’ specification, page 6, lines 2-5. The portion 92
of the splice plate 88 includes a formed groove 102 that has the
appearance of a mortar reveal that extends across the center of the
splice plate 88. See Appellants’ specification, page 6, lines 21
and 22.
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
A coping assembly for covering the top
of an exterior wall that extends upwardly
from a roof of a building, the wall including
a top surface, a forward face, and a rear
face, the coping assembly comprising:
a first elongated coping section
including an end, the first coping section
mounted on the top of the wall to cover a
first portion of the wall;
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