Appeal 2007-1400
Reexamination Control 90/006,825
Patent 6,457,239 B1
a central hinge [12A] bisecting the magnet support wherein the
central hinge allows the magnet support [12] to move between
an open position and a closed position; and
a plurality of magnetically charged faces [10] adhered to the
magnet support surface [12] and positioned so that a first
magnetically charged face [10] is adhered to the magnet support
surface [12] on one side of the central hinge [12A] and a second
magnetically charged face [10] is adhered to the magnet support
surface [12] on the other side of the central hinge [12A],
wherein the magnetically charged faces [12] have magnetic
poles and are positioned so that when the magnet support is in
the closed position the magnetic poles of the first magnetically
charged face are attracted to the magnetic poles of the second
magnetically charged face,
and wherein the magnetically charged faces extend along the
knife blade covering all or part of the knife blade, thereby
securing and protecting the knife blade.
(Br. at 21 (Claims Appendix).)
17. Claims 3, 4, and 6–8 are each multiply dependent from claims 1 or 2.
18. Claims 10–17 depend from claim 9.
19. Claims 19 and 20 depend from independent claim 18.
20. Claims 3 and 18 recite the further limitation that the magnets are light
weight (claim 10) or flexible (claim 14).
21. Claims 4, 12, and 18 recite the further limitation that the magnet
support is comprised of a flexible material.
22. Claims 6, 13, and 19 recite the further limitation that the magnet
support extends further beyond one magnetically charged face "than the
other [9, 18: second] magnetically charged face."
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