Ex Parte Austin - Page 5




                Appeal No. 2003-0928                                                                           Page 5                   
                Application No. 09/692,431                                                                                              


                telescopingly received within the first support base upper end portion 20.  A first support                             
                base second leg 23 is telescopingly received within the first support base first leg 22                                 
                and similarly, a first support base third leg 24 is telescopingly received within the first                             
                support base second leg to coaxially align the legs 22-24 relative to the first support lug                             
                boss 17.                                                                                                                


                        Law's second guide assembly 12 includes a U-shaped clamp 25 having a                                            
                plurality of respective first and second bores 26 and 27 arranged on opposed sides of                                   
                legs of the U-shaped clamp, with the first and second bores receiving respective first                                  
                and second fastener members 28 and 29 to clamp opposed sides of a trailer tongue.  A                                    
                second support lug 30 is mounted medially and exteriorly of the U-shaped clamp 25,                                      
                with the second support lug 30 having a second support boss 31 fixedly mounted                                          
                thereto oriented generally orthogonally relative to the first and second bores 26 and 27.                               
                A second support base 32 is provided having a tubular socket to receive the second                                      
                support lug boss 31 therewithin, with the second support base lower end portion 32                                      
                having a second support boss lower end portion fastener 33 directed into the second                                     
                support boss 32 to secure the second support boss lower end portion 32 to the second                                    
                support lug boss 31.  A second support base first leg, second leg, and third leg 36, 37,                                
                and 38 that are respectively telescopingly received relative to one another are in turn                                 









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