Appeal No. 2005-0096
Application No. 09/765,098
two-position chair” (specification, page 1). Claim 1 reads as
follows:
1. An articulating chair, comprising:
a knockdown frame including a pair of separate generally
U-shaped frame portions, one constituting a seat portion and the
other constituting a backrest frame portion, each of said
U-shaped frame portions having two chamfered ends, and a pair of
generally L-shaped connectors adapted for a telescopic fit into
the chamfered ends of said frame portions to form a rigid
generally L-shaped frame, and all of said U-shaped frame portions
and L-shaped connectors being Zinc plated for ease of assembly;
a removable cover formed to fit over the frame and to hold
said knockdown frame in assembly, said cover including a top
panel section sewn against a bottom panel section, a side panel
section sewn there between, and a cushion enclosed there between,
said cover being insertable over said frame and swingable
relative to the frame;
whereby said chair may be assembled and positioned on a
surface in one of a first position in which the seat portion of
the frame rests flat with the backrest portion extending upward
to provide a backrest, said cushion extending forwardly from the
frame to provide a seat, and a second position said chair being
adapted to be overturned from said first position to a second
position in which the seat portion of the frame extends upwardly
and the backrest portion slopes downwardly with the cushion
resting thereon to present a reclining surface.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Geschwender 4,410,214 Oct. 18, 1983
Snyder 4,657,302 Apr. 14, 1987
Spease et al. (Spease) 5,435,203 Jul. 25, 1995
THE REJECTION
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Geschwender in view of Snyder and Spease.
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