Appeal No. 97-2224
Application 08/510,613
has no such first and second fastener receiving portions
extending from its arcuate shaped members 16, 18. The
examiner’s reliance on Conrad to cure this deficiency is not
well taken.
Conrad discloses “a heavy duty, stowable utility hook
which may be mounted on a wall, for example in the studs of a
garage, for holding articles such as boards, tires, and
bicycles, and which may be turned and stowed against the wall
when not so used” (column 1, lines 12 through 16). The hook
is mounted to the wall by brackets 16 which support the hook
for both axial and rotational movement. Each bracket is a U-
shaped, sheet metal member 18, 20 having its base attached to
the wall by a screw and the apertured free ends of its side
portions bolted to one another to loosely capture the hook
therebetween.
According to the examiner, it would have been obvious at
the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary
skill in the art to modify the filter receiving portion of
Twork’s bracket by providing it with apertures and a threaded
bolt to more securely retain the filter as taught by Conrad
(see pages 4, 6 and 7 in the answer). The problem with the
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