Appeal No. 2005-0296
Application No. 09/802,097
the bar and toys. As indicated above, claim 1 recites a kit
comprising at least one bar positionable over and coupled to the
pillow by an attachment mechanism such that when a child lies on
the pillow body and the mat in a face-up orientation the child’s
head is firmly supported by the pillow body while permitting
access to any toys suspended from the bar. Claim 9 recites a kit
comprising at least one bar positionable such that when a child
lies on the pillow and the mat in a face-up orientation the
child’s head is firmly supported by the pillow body while
permitting access to any toys suspended from the bar. Claim 22
recites a method comprising the step of placing a child on the
pillow in a supine position with the child’s head resting on the
medial region of the pillow and looking upward and the child’s
torso resting on the mat whereby the child can grasp and play
with a toy coupled to the bar and suspended over the pillow. To
account for these differences, the examiner turns to O’Neill.
O’Neill discloses an infant accommodation apparatus 2
comprising a support device 4 composed of an annular, C-shape or
U-shape foam or inflatable member removably disposed within a
zippered fabric cover 12, a padded base part or mat 14, a
framework 6 composed of tubular struts or bars 26 extending over
the support device, elastic loops 16 on the cover for
frictionally engaging the lower ends of the struts, and a
plurality of toys 34 suspended from the struts. According to
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