Appeal No. 2006-1325
Application No. 10/163,610
1 Appellants’ Specification describes utilities 48 as “[extending]
2 substantially longitudinally within an upper portion 50 of the frame 14, from
3 an inside end 53 of the frame toward an outside end 54 of the frame 14”
4 (Specification 10).
5 Kelley discloses a work space management system comprising walls
6 that are easily constructed and changed and “wherein convenient electrical
7 and communication access channels are easily installed and movable for
8 ease of set-up and change of systems” (col. 1, ll. 5-11). Kelley’s system
9 provides wire management means for enclosing communication and power
10 wiring. The wire management means includes baseline wire management
11 means and waistline wire management means and wiring extending between
12 at least some of the baseline wire management means and the waistline wire
13 management means (col. 3, ll. 39-50).
14 Each of Kelley’s walls includes a frame 40 comprising a pair of
15 vertical members 42 welded to horizontal members 44, 46. Panel outserts
16 (removable panels or tiles) 48 hang on the outside surfaces of the frame, as
17 seen in Figs. 2 and 4. The panel outserts 48 can be formed from a metal pan
18 turned inwardly at the edges and covered or painted as desired and can be
19 provided with insulation 48c within the metal pan, as illustrated in Fig. 4
20 (col. 5, ll. 50-68). Additionally, panel outserts can be formed as a screen or
21 CRT display (col. 9, ll. 9-11).
22 As illustrated in Fig. 2, Kelley discloses work surfaces 20 mounted on
23 the walls 16 in cantilevered fashion on removable brackets 38.
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