In re Fry

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the primary examiner denying all of the claims, 2 to 7, inclusive, in appellant’s application for a patent for an alleged invention relating -to an improvement in covers for back rests of seats.

Claims 2 and 3 may be taken as illustrative. They read:

2. A cover for the bach rest of a seat having a separate seat portion comprising a flexible cover, means for supporting the upper edge of the cover near the top of the back rest, and with its lower edge terminating between the…