Appeal 2007-2582
Application 10/800,652
The only independent claim under appeal, claim 1, reads as follows:
1. A safety electrical accessory comprising releasably
engageable first and second body members, said first body
member including a first receiving portion adapted to be
releasably engageable with a plug member of a first electric
cord of an electric appliance and a second receiving portion
provided with at least two pins protruding therefrom, and said
second body member including a first plug member electrically
connecting with a second plug member, said first plug member
being electrically connectable with an electricity mains supply
and said second plug member adapted to be releasably
engageable with said first body member, and a securing means
for securing said first body member to a surface, wherein said
second plug member is provided with at least two apertures
sized and shaped to receive said two pins of said second
receiving portion and wherein said second plug member is dis-
connectable from said first body member upon pulling of and/or
accidental tripping over said first electric cord.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Sinopoli US 3,049,688 Aug. 14, 1962
Karabakakis US 4,647,120 Mar. 3, 1987
Glass US 6,004,157 Dec. 21, 1999
Lee US 6,328,581 B1 Dec. 11, 2001
Lau US 6,568,942 B2 May 27, 2003
The Examiner rejected, under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a),:
claims 1, 2, 5, 6, and 11 as unpatentable over Sinopoli and Lau,
claim 4 as unpatentable over Sinopoli, Lau and Glass,
claim 7 as unpatentable over Sinopoli, Lau and Karabakakis, and
claims 8 through 10 as unpatentable over Sinopoli, Lau and Lee.
Appellants have only appealed the rejection of claims 1, 2, 5, 6, and 11.
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