Appeal 2007-0870
Reissue Application 09/902,904
Patent 6,038,784
storage position and said second operative
position.
32. An apparatus for supporting baby bottles for
drying, comprising:
a tray having a bottom that is adapted to be
supported by an underlying surface and an upper
face, said upper face of said tray being oriented
with respect to said bottom so that one end of said
upper face is lower than an opposite end so that
water will run toward said one end during use; and
a plurality of pegs extending outwardly from
said upper face, each of said pegs being sized and
arranged so as to be able to support an article, said
pegs being positioned away from the edges of said
upper face, whereby any water falling off of an
article that is supported by any of said pegs will
fall within said tray, and wherein
each of said pegs are [sic] permanently
mounted to said tray in such a manner as to be
movable between a first storage position, wherein
said entire peg is positioned adjacent to said upper
face for storage and packaging of said apparatus,
and a second, operative position, wherein said peg
is positioned to extend outwardly from said upper
surface, so as to enable said peg to support an
article, wherein said apparatus can conveniently be
folded for packaging and storage purposes.
The Examiner rejected various claims on appeal under 35 U.S.C.
§§ 112, second paragraph (indefinite), 102(b), and 103(a). The Examiner
also provisionally rejected certain appealed claims under nonstatutory
obviousness-type double patenting over co-pending Application 09/902,965.
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