Appeal No. 2005-2531
Application No. 10/148,759
comprising a plurality of repeating units 270, wherein a
repeating unit comprises a portion of a first aperture from a
first row and a portion of a second aperture from a second row,
wherein the second row is adjacent to the first row, and a
nonapertured region 250 extending between adjacent rows of
apertures, and wherein the nonapertured region of the repeating
unit has substantially the same cross sectional area everywhere
along the repeating unit in a plane that is parallel to the
second direction. This appealed subject matter is adequately
illustrated by independent claim 1 which reads as follows:
1. An apertured elastic member having a first direction
and a second direction perpendicular to said first
direction, said apertured elastic member having a plurality
of apertures aligned in a pattern of rows substantially
parallel to said first direction, and said apertured elastic
member having a substantially constant thickness dimension,
the apertured elastic member comprising:
a plurality of repeating units, wherein a repeating
unit comprises a portion of a first aperture from a first
row and a portion of a second aperture from a second row,
wherein the second row is adjacent to the first row, and a
nonapertured region extending between adjacent rows of
apertures, and wherein the nonapertured region of the
repeating unit has substantially the same cross sectional
area everywhere along the repeating unit in a plane that is
parallel to the second direction.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness:
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