Appeal No. 2006-1769
Application No. 09/784,292
We affirm the Examiner’s rejections.
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an absorbent garment 20
having a chassis 32 and a pair of removable side panels 34. The
chassis 32 includes a front region 22 and a back region 24. The side
panels 34 are releasably connected to the front and back regions 22,
24, such that the side panels 34 combine with the chassis 32 to define
a waist opening 50 and two leg openings 52. Each side panel 34
includes a waist end edge 72 and a leg end edge 70. The waist end
edge 72 is relatively straight across in the transverse direction while
the leg end edge 70 has a curvature, such that the waist end edge 72 is
non-parallel with the leg end edge 70 when the side panels 34 are in a
laid-flat configuration. See for example, Figures 4-6 of the
application’s drawings. In one embodiment, the side panels comprise
a wipe material. Independent claims 1, 21, and 34 and dependent
claims 5 and 38 are representative of the subject matter on appeal, and
a copy of these claims can be found in the appendix to the appellants’
brief.
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