Application of Neely

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the action of the Primary Examiner in finally rejecting claims 7, 8 and 9 of appellant’s application, serial no. 60,490, for a patent on a “Garment Envelope.” All the appealed claims are article claims and no claims have been allowed in the application.

Appealed claim 8 reads as follows:

“8. In a garment bag of the envelop [sic] type, an envelop portion closed at its top, bottom and sides, a slit opening in the front of said envelop portion extending in a straight line between…