Appeal No. 97-3297
Application 08/390,973
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner
finally rejecting claims 1-3, which constitute all of the claims
of record in the application.
The appellants’ invention is directed to an improvement
in vehicle latch assemblies. The subject matter before us on
appeal is illustrated by reference to claim 1, which reads as
follows:
1. In a vehicle latch assembly of the type in which
a molded plastic operating lever is shifted by an operating
rod having a circumferential groove thereon, the improvement
comprising:
said operating lever having a bushing portion
integrally molded in one piece continuous molded together
construction with the molded plastic lever and having a bore for
receiving the rod, retaining fingers molded integral with the
bushing portion and projecting into the bore to grip the
circumferential groove of the rod, a frangible web molded
integral in connection between the bushing portion and the lever
so that the lever pre- determinately fractures at the frangible
web in the event of excessive force application to the lever upon
attempted disassembly of the rod from the bushing.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support
the final rejection are:
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