In re Vissering

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from the Commissioner of Patents rejecting appellant’s application for a patent for a car brake step described in the following claim: “1. A brake step adapted to be secured to a car body and having a shelf portion adapted to act as a rest for the foot and provided with an abutment portion comprising a plurality of continuous spaced pressed portions.”

The step is Z-shaped in cross section, and supported by V-shaped brackets. It is made of pressed sheet metal provided with corrugations on the upper surface to prevent the user from slipping.

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