Appeal No. 96-1692
Application 08/156,811
demand, without having to reconfigure
the assembly line for the different
types of cars.
Independent claims 1 and 21 are representative of the
claimed subject matter and read as follows:
1. A method of assembling a golf car comprising steps
of:
providing a golf car chassis having a general block
shaped drive system receiving area;
selecting a type of drive system from a group of drive
system types consisting of an electric motor drive system and an
internal combustion engine drive system; and
connecting a drive system of the selected type of drive
system to the chassis in the drive system receiving area.
21. A method of assembling a land vehicle comprising
steps of:
providing a vehicle chassis;
selecting a drive system from a group of drive systems,
the group of drive systems comprising an electric motor type and
an internal combustion engine type; and
connecting the selected drive system to the chassis.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner in
rejections of the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) are:
Westmont 3,108,481 Oct. 29, 1963
Gardner 3,608,659 Sept. 28, 1971
Lanius et al. (Lanius) 4,930,591 June 5, 1990
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