Appeal No. 2003-0928 Page 4
Application No. 09/692,431
disclosed in the reference, i.e., all limitations of the claim are found in the reference, or
'fully met' by it."
Claim 1 reads as follows:
A trailer hitch alignment device comprising:
a hitch alignment guide comprised of a first vertically disposed, elongated
alignment mast affixed to a hitch base; and
a ball target mast comprised of a second vertically disposed, elongated
alignment mast affixed to a ball base.
Law's invention is an alignment guide which includes two guide assemblies, one
of which is mounted to a trailer hitch ball and the other mounted to a trailer tongue,
wherein the guides assemblies each include telescoping vertical leg members for
alignment and communication relative to one another for the positioning of a trailer hitch
tongue relative to an associated trailer ball. As shown in Figure 3, the first guide
assembly 11 includes a split cylindrical clamp ring 13 arranged for securement about a
trailer ball. A first support lug 16 is mounted exteriorly of the clamp ring 13 to an outer
surface of the side wall thereof having a first support lug boss 17 oriented parallel
relative to an axis of the cylindrical clamp ring 13. A first support base lower end
portion 18 has a cylindrical socket to receive the first support lug boss 17 therewithin,
with a first support base fastener 19 directed through the first support base lower end
portion 18 to secure the components together. A first support base first leg 22 is
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