Application of Harold E. Kalter

ALMOND, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 8 and 9 of appellant’s application1 as unpatentable over the prior art.

According to the specification, the invention relates to an improvement in a prior art cycle cover in which a frame of generally pear-shaped form has its peripheral edge bent upwardly to receive the peripheral portions of an outer flexible cover, which cover is secured by the upturned peripheral portion of the frame. The improvement described is providing a beaded edge on a flexible cover of plastic or the…