Appeal No. 95-3114
Application 08/051,800
the roof: in Rauthmann, to accommodate the screws 3 and casings
4, and in Dutschka '424, to pass the lower leg 25 of the device
through the roof girder 3 (page 4, lines 13 to 15). These
references do not, therefore, disclose a device having an
anchorage portion “such that the vehicle need only be modified to
the extent that the device [or securement means] is anchored [or
fixed] thereto,” as recited in each of the independent claims.
Accordingly, the rejections under § 102(b) will not be
sustained.
Rejection 2
Riehle in view of Morsch or Rauthmann
Riehle discloses apparatus in which a load carrier 1 is
fastened to a vehicle by means of an adapter 4 in a space behind
the sealing strip on door 2. Adapter 4 has an engagement member
5, 9 which interconnects with the engagement member 1a of the
carrier and will be tensioned when nut 17 on the carrier is
tightened (paragraph bridging pages 4 and 5). A neck extends
between 5 and the anchorage portion, which, in the embodiment
shown in Fig. 4, requires no modification of the vehicle since it
constitutes legs 12 hooking onto plate 7 of the vehicle's drip
molding (page 4, lines 17 to 20). Appellant argues at page 20 of
the brief that the Riehle adapter 4 is not designed to remain
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