Appeal 2006-3003
Application 10/390,444
Mattesky, Brozak in view of Mattesky, or Kump in view of Mattesky, to
provide a fluoropolymer coating.
FINDINGS OF FACT
FF1. Mattesky teaches coating display peg hook units or retainer members
with a “suitable coating process … for the purpose of providing them with a
smooth slippery surface so as to enhance their appearance and/or functions
(e.g. the packages 180 can [slide] easily on the peg hook unit 145 and/or the
retainer member 160)” (Mattesky, [0037]).
FF2. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE or TEFLON™) is notoriously well
known for use as a non-stick or slippery coating. See, e.g., Webster's New
World Dictionary 1374 (Victoria Neufeldt et al. eds., 3rd coll. ed., Simon &
Schuster, Inc. 1988). Polytetrafluoroethylene is a fluoropolymer.
FF3. Willius discloses an apparatus and method for hanging books and
book-like items for storage (Willius, col. 1, ll. 7-9). The apparatus includes
under-cabinet and wall-mounted receptacle bars 26, 50 for receiving hangers
10, the hangers 10 designed to be inserted between the pages of the book
proximate the spine and binding (Willius, col. 3, ll. 29-43, 49-52, and col. 3,
l. 58 to col. 4, l. 13, and Figs. 5 and 8).
FF4. Willius’s receptacle bar is formed so that, when mounted, its longest
span is inclined at approximately 15o with respect to the horizontal surface
to which it is mounted. Thus, each book hung on the receptacle bar
automatically slides by force of gravity to the bar’s lowest point to make
room for other books and keep multiple books together for efficient use of
space and a neat appearance. (Willius, col. 3, l. 63 to col. 4, l. 2)
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