Appeal No. 2006-0812
Application No. 09/391,294
Each of support member portions 36 and 38 is considerably
thicker than the flanges 44 and 46.
The specification does not restrict the flange to any
particular portion of the cross section of the member. We
therefore conclude that the flanges may protrude from any part of
the cross section of the entire member.
We now turn to the crux of the matter – the appellants’ sole
argument raised on appeal regarding claims 1 and 5 is the
contention that the “Hauck reference does not show a first [or
second] support flange lying in a first plane and extending
outwardly from the first [or second] portion” (Appeal Brief, page
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