Appeal No. 2006-0812
Application No. 09/391,294
8, lines 20-22). This is based on the appellants’ argument that
the flange of Hauck, while extending beyond the member, does not
extend from the member as it is simply adjacent to the member.
The appellants urge that the flange is made of metal while the
corner is made of wood, two different materials which cannot be “a
single member” (Appeal Brief, page 9, lines 4-5).
Hauck illustrates a composite building corner member with a
metal flange and a corner wooden post.
Hauck Figure 1 reflects a metal corner piece covering the
building sheathing in conjunction with a wooden corner piece.
Hauck Figure 12 is reproduced below:
As may be seen, the Hauck metal flanges 8 and wood portion 6,
when taken together, form each of the first portion and the second
portion as claimed in claims 1 and 5. As discussed above, we
2 Figure 1 of Hauck shows a wooden corner post with an internal metal flange
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