Application of Willard E. Crotty

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of the single claim of appellant’s application for a patent on a design for a life jacket.

The claim reads:

The ornamental design for a Life Jacket as shown and described.

The references relied on are:

Gibson 1,670,887 May 22,1928;

Denton 1,931,406 October 17, 1933;

Straits 2,307,810 January 12, 1943.

Appellant’s application discloses a life jacket comprising two identical buoyant pillows of substantially rectangular shape, designed to fit…