Appeal No. 96-1256
Application 08/257,080
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claim 42.
Of the other claims in the application, claim 44 has been
allowed, and claims 1 to 8, 19 to 27 and 36 to 41 stand
withdrawn from consideration under 37 CFR § 1.142(b) as being
drawn to nonelected inventions.
Claim 42 defines the subject matter in issue as follows:
42. In a motor vehicle having a lateral door movable
between a closed position and an open position and a passenger
seat located to the interior of and adjacent the door, said
seat having an upwardly disposed backrest portion and a lower
seat portion disposed at a level below the backrest portion,
the improvement comprising:
a) an armrest carried by the seat in a disposition
located between the seat and the door for movement
between a withdrawn position permitting
substantially unobstructed ingress and egress to the
seat through the door when open and a working
position disposed above the level of the lower seat
portion and between the seat and door when the door
is in the closed position; and,
b) an airbag located inside the armrest for
deployment in the event of a collision laterally of
the armrest to an area located between the door and
a passenger supported by the seat.
The references applied in the final rejection are:
Neale et al. (Neale) 3,322,463 May 30,
1967
Freedman 3,807,799 Apr. 30,
1974
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