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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-3, 6-13 and 16-17 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Pines et al. (2008/0150335). Pines et al. A child safety seat (Fig. 1), comprising: a seat housing comprising a seat portion for supporting a hip of a child; an adjustment belt having a rear end connected to a shoulder belt of the child safety seat, and a front end passing through a front end of the seat portion; a locking member arranged in the seat portion and locking the adjustment belt to prevent movement of the adjustment belt (Fig. 1); a seat cover (10) comprising seat cloth covering the seat portion, the seat cloth being provided with an operation port (110,120) for allowing a hand to pass through to unlock the locking member; and a barrier structure (20,30,40,50) configured to prevent, through the operation port, sundries from falling into the locking member. Regarding claim 2, Pines et al. shows the barrier structure comprising a blocking bag (Fig. 8) with a predetermined depth and mouth of the blocking bag is arranged around the operation port and connected to the seat cloth (Figs. 1-5). Pines et al. has disclosed that the blocking bag is connected to the seat cloth by sewing (para[0076]), in regards to claim 3. Regarding claims 6-7, the barrier structure comprises a first blocking sheet (60) made of elastic fabric with a periphery thereof being connected to the seat clothe “close” to the operation port and at an inner surface of the seat cloth whereby the blocking sheet larger the operation port (Fig2. 2-4). Regarding claim 9, the barrier structure comprises a second blocking sheet (20,580) covering the operation port on an outer side surface of the seat cloth, a part of a periphery of the second blocking sheet being connected to the outer side surface of the seat cloth, another part of the periphery of the second blocking sheet being connected to the outer side surface of the seat cloth to form a gap communicated with the operation port. Regarding claims 10-12, and 17 the barrier structure comprises a first flip cover (580) a rear edge of the first flip cover being connected to the outer surface of the seat cloth (via hook and loop fasteners) wherein a holding device (520) is configured to hold the first flip cover at the closed position. Regarding claim 13, the barrier structure comprises an adhesive layer (130,140) (via the hook and loop fasteners) being provide with and inlet and outlet (Fig. 1). Regarding claim 16, the seat portion comprises a recess (90) for accommodating the locking member; and the barrier structure comprises a third blocking sheet (50) made of elastic fabric, the third blocking sheet being connected to the seat portion and covering the recess above the locking member to separate the locking member from the operation port.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-5, 14-15 and 18-19 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Reference Nos. 2012/0104813 show features of the claimed invention.
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/ANTHONY D BARFIELD/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3636
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June 13, 2026
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