Appeal No. 96-0324
Application 08/045,747
tube. An angulated washer may be used to
accommodate the curvature of the fender to
the head of the screw. A two inch section of
hollow chrome tubing may be used to hide the
screw threads.
Claims 1, 7 and 18 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal and a copy of those claims, as reproduced from
the Appendix attached to appellant's brief, is appended to this
decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Clark 1,995,796 Mar. 26, 1935
Schwinn 2,160,034 May 30, 1939
Moulton 3,208,767 Sept. 28, 1965
Smith 4,037,855 July 26, 1977
Georgiev 4,480,848 Nov. 6, 1984
Isaac 4,565,383 Jan. 21, 1986
Fuller 5,165,712 Nov. 24, 1992
Claims 1, 2, 7 and 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Smith.
Claims 3 through 6 and 9 through 16 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Smith in view
of Clark, Isaac and Fuller.
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