Appeal No. 1999-0524
Application 08/735,228
15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
Independent claims 9 and 15 are each drawn to the
combination of a vehicle seat and a storage receptacle
disposed under the seat. Claim 9 addresses, in particular, a
feature permitting the receptacle to be movable between a
storage position and either a first loading position adjacent
the forward edge of a seating area or a second loading
position adjacent the
back edge of the seating area. Claim 15 sets forth, in
particular, a feature wherein the drawer runners mounting the
receptacle for sliding movement include a pair of relatively
slidable members, one of which is secured to an inner edge of
a corresponding side support supporting a seating area, with
the other being secured to a side member of the receptacle.
We certainly appreciate the relevance of the respective
teachings of Hines and Anderson. Hines (Fig. 4) addresses the
combination of a vehicle seat 12 and a container enclosure 16,
including brackets 82, 84 supporting structure for slidingly
fastening the enclosure beneath the seat, while Anderson (Fig.
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