Appeal 2007-1309
Application 10/873,241
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM.
THE INVENTION
Appellants’ claimed invention is to a self-supporting boot that fits around the
profile of a rail of a streetcar track, such that the boot holds itself in position on the
rail during placement of the rail, and during pouring and setting of concrete
(Specification 1:[0010]). Claim 10, reproduced below, is representative of the
subject matter on appeal.
Claim 10. A wrap-round boot for a rail, in combination with
the rail, wherein:
[2] the rail has a rail-profile including a head, a base, and a
web connecting therebetween, having the following
characteristics:-
[3] - the web of the rail has a gauge-side and a field-side;
[4] - the head has a rail-head-gauge-underface and a rail-
head-field-underface;
[5] - the base-flange has a rail-base-gauge-overface, and a
rail-base-field-overface;
[6] - the rail-head-gauge-underface and the rail-base-gauge-
overface are so angled as to define a rail-gauge-wedge-
angle therebetween;
[7] - the rail-head-field-underface and the rail-base-field-
overface are so angled as to define a rail-field-wedge-
angle therebetween;
[8] the boot has a boot-profile including a gauge-portion, a
field-portion, and an under-railportion connecting the
gauge-portion and the field-portion, having the following
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