Ex Parte 6457239 et al - Page 8

              Appeal 2007-1400                                                                      
              Reexamination Control 90/006,825                                                      
              Patent 6,457,239 B1                                                                   
              30. Villwock describes, in Figures 6 and 7, shown below:                              

















              and at columns 3 and 4, "a sheath for a conventional hunting knife."                  
              (Villwock at 3: 41 to 4:18.)                                                          
              31. Villwock describes the sheath as comprising an elongated                          
              substantially rectangular wall 75 and a front wall 72, "secured together along        
              a pair of confronting marginal edges by a line of stitching 78, the stitches          
              providing means whereby the front wall 72 may be pivoted relative to the              
              rear wall 75."  (Villwock at 3: 51–54.)                                               
              32. According to Villwock, permanent magnets 86, "of the bar or other                 
              desired types" (Villwock at 4: 6) are disposed in "outwardly expressed                
              portion 84” (id. at 3–5) of the front and rear walls.                                 



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