Application of Peet

JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the examiner rejecting the single claim in appellant’s application for a patent for a design for a “Cabinet for Laundry Apparatus.” The claim was rejected on the ground of lack of invention over the prior art.

The appealed claim reads as follows:

“The ornamental design for a cabinet for laundry apparatus, substantially as shown.”

The references relied on are: Trom-bley Des. 141,841 July 10, 1945; Hardware Age, page 226 “Automatic Washer” Aug. 15, 1946.

Appellant’s…