Appeal 2006-3390
Application 10/441,783
1 1. A zipper slide, comprising:
2 a forward end configured to receive two disconnected rows of zipper
3 teeth and defining front side walls and front upper and front lower surfaces;
4 a rearward end configured to receive a connected end of the two rows
5 and defining rear side walls and rear upper and rear lower surfaces; and
6 a front guard formed as a single, unitary piece with the zipper slide
7 and attached to the forward end and comprising:
8 a first wedge defined by the front side walls
9 forwardly converging; and
10 a second wedge defined by the front upper and front
11 lower surfaces forwardly converging.
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13 21. A zipper slide comprising formed[1] a zipper guard formed as a
14 unitary piece with the zipper slide, the zipper guard comprising a
15 compound wedge shape configured and arranged to remove fabric or other
16 obstacles from an opening in the zipper slide when the zipper slide is moved
17 along a zipper.
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19 THE REFERENCE
20 Baroky US 4,819,308 Apr. 11, 1989
21 THE REJECTION
22 Claims 1, 2, 5, 12, 13, 15 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
23 anticipated by or, in the alternative, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Baroky.
24 OPINION
25 The rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) is reversed as to claims 1, 2, 5, 12,
26 13 and 15, and affirmed as to claim 21. The rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is
27 affirmed.
1 In claim 21 the first appearance of “formed” should be deleted.1
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