Appeal No. 2004-1746
Application No. 09/902,403
for painting a surface, wherein the improvement lies in using a
metal screen on “top of and in contact with” an inclined paint-
receiving surface of a rectangular paint tray “so as to have
areas of said paint-receiving surface align with cooperating
screen openings and serve as closures thereof to provide plural
paint-retained sites in said [inclined paint-receiving]
surface...” See claim 1, the specification, pages 2-5 and
Figures 1-6, together with the Brief, pages 2-3. The metal
screen is said to prevent “uneven distribution of paint about the
roller surface and a correspondingly uneven distribution of paint
on the surface being painted.” See the specification, page 1.
This advantage is accomplished by preventing the roller from
sliding, thus obviating “any squeegee phenomenon”. See the
Brief, page 2, together with the specification, pages 1-2.
Further details of the appealed subject matter are recited in
claim 1 which is appended to this decision.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner are:
Drum 2,659,917 Nov. 24, 1953
Mulcahy 2,763,880 Sep. 25, 1956
Smith et al., Painting & Wallpapering, Chevron Chemical
Company (April, 1983), pp. 34-35 (hereinafter referred to as
“Smith”).
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