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            Appeal 2007-1917                                                                                
            Application 10/222,660                                                                          
                         member, and top ends and bottom ends, said first side                              
                         member having one of said top ends and one of said                                 
                         bottom ends, said second side member also having                                   
                         another of said top ends and another of said bottom ends,                          
                         said top member being attached to said first and second                            
                         side members at their respective said top ends, said                               
                         bottom member being attached to said first and second                              
                         side member at their respective said bottom ends, said                             
                         top, bottom, first side and second side members defining                           
                         a front, back and sides of said support structure, said                            
                         back having a plurality of first fastening means thereon;                          
                               a mount for immovably mounting said support                                  
                         structure in a desired location; and                                               
                               a plurality of different display faces having a                              
                         display surface and a contact surface, said contact surface                        
                         further having a plurality of spaced apart second                                  
                         fastening means attached thereto that connect to said first                        
                         fastening means and said back of said support structure,                           
                         said first and second fastening means being engaged and                            
                         disengaged by hand without a tool while said support                               
                         structure is immovably mounted, said display face being                            
                         sized and shaped to fit around said support structure such                         
                         that when said first and second fastening means are                                
                         engaged, said display face is held taut across said support                        
                         structure and said support structure front and sides are                           
                         thereby covered.                                                                   

                                            THE REJECTIONS                                                  
                   The Examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:                   
                    Boeniger                 US 4,773,174                  Sep. 27, 1988                    
                    Terrels                  US 5,175,911                    Jan. 5, 1993                   
                    Sekiguchi                US 5,695,346                   Dec. 9, 1997                    

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