Flexible bags – Convertible
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-02
2001-07-31
Pascua, Jes F. (Department: 3727)
Flexible bags
Convertible
C383S071000, C383S117000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06267504
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a screen net and more particularly pertains to a new leaves collection and retaining device for conveniently collecting leaves falling from a tree.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a screen net is known in the prior art. More specifically, a screen net heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,579,610; U.S. Pat. No. 4,366,949; U.S. Pat. No. 5,417,462; U.S. Pat. No. 4,955,068; U.S. Pat. No. 5,003,655; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 349,593.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new leaves collection and retaining device. The inventive device includes one or more net members each having corners and having a border portion and being fastenable to other net members; and also includes a plurality of fastening members securely attached to a side of each net member for securely fastening to other net members; and further includes a plurality of flexible elongate members securely attached to each net member and being adapted to fasten sides and ends of each net member together thus forming a bag for carrying leaves collected on the net member.
In these respects, the leaves collection and retaining device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of conveniently collecting leaves falling from a tree.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of screen net now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new leaves collection and retaining device construction wherein the same can be utilized for conveniently collecting leaves falling from a tree.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which has many of the advantages of the screen net mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new leaves collection and retaining device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art screen net, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises one or more net members each having corners and having a border portion and being fastenable to other net members; and also includes a plurality of fastening members securely attached to a side of each net member for securely fastening to other net members; and further includes a plurality of flexible elongate members securely attached to each net member and being adapted to fasten sides and ends of each net member together thus forming a bag for carrying leaves collected on the net member.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which has many of the advantages of the screen net mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new leaves collection and retaining device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art screen net, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such leaves collection and retaining device economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device for conveniently collecting leaves falling from a tree.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device which includes one or more net members each having corners and having a border portion and being fastenable to other net members; and also includes a plurality of fastening members securely attached to a side of each net member for securely fastening to other net members; and further includes a plurality of flexible elongate members securely attached to each net member and being adapted to fasten sides and ends of each net member together thus forming a bag for carrying leaves collected on the net member.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device that substantially saves the user time from not having to rake up the leaves falling from the trees.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new leaves collection and retaining device that does not detract from the appearance around the tree and allows water to get through the net member to the root of the tree.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by it
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