Appeal 2007-2888
Application 11/017,602
in the bag can flow through to a connecting exterior space (Sloan, at col. 3,
ll. 52-60; see also col. 6, ll. 45-65; Answer 4). The apertures are labeled 46
in Fig. 2.
6. In certain embodiments, the “apertures in the bags are positioned so that
with the elements in position in their cells and on their frames they will
register vertically with one another,” permitting water and air to flow down
from one element to another (Sloan, at col. 9, ll. 30-32; at col. 10, ll. 35-57;
see Fig. 8).
7. The “elements are [of] rectangular shape and of size so as to fit tightly
into the respective cell and fill it as much as possible, thereby minimizing as
much as possible any free space in the cells into which moisture laden air
from the cabin interior can pass” (Sloan, at col. 5, ll. 52-56; see also, at col.
7, ll. 56-57; Answer 4-5).
8. Sloan also describes an embodiment in which the transverse frames 12
are wrapped with insulating elements to form frame insulating elements
(Sloan, at col. 6, ll. 8-44; at col. 5, ll. 8-12; Fig. 3).
Application of Sloan to claims
9. Sloan describes an aircraft frame with “frames 12” (Findings of Fact
(“FF”) 2) which meet the claimed element of “airframe frame members”
recited in claims 1 and 17.
10. Sloan describes the elements as “fit tightly into the cells” formed by the
frames 12 and longitudinal stringers 14 (FF 4, 7), which satisfies the claimed
limitation in claim 1 of “an interference fit” and of claim 17 of a “forced fit”
(Answer 5).
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