Appeal No. 96-2780
Application 08/162,362
passenger seating unit. Claims 2 and 13 are illustrated of the
claims on appeal and read as follows:
2. A support frame for a vehicle passenger seating unit
which provides a plurality of seat locations abreast, said
support frame comprising two transverse parallel beams joined by
a plurality of spaced parallel longitudinal members substantially
perpendicular to said beams, said longitudinal members defining
elongated first portions having bores in which said beams extend,
and wherein at least the longitudinal member at one side of said
support frame is a one-piece member that includes an integral
second portion which extends away from said first portion and an
integral third portion which is elongated and extends away from
said second portion and generally in parallel with said first
portion, said third portion providing at least a major part of an
armrest.
13. A one-piece longitudinal member for use in a
support frame for a vehicle passenger seating unit that includes
a plurality of spaced, parallel beams, said longitudinal member
defining an elongated first portion having a plurality of
openings in which said plurality of beams can extend so as to
connect said beams to said longitudinal member, an integral
second portion which extends away from said first portion, and an
integral third portion which is elongated and extends away from
said second portion and generally in parallel with said first
portion, said third portion constituting an integral armrest
part.
THE PRIOR ART
The following references were relied on by the examiner:
Marrujo et al. (Marrujo ‘441) 4,440,441 Apr. 3, 1984
Moscovitch 4,603,903 Aug. 5, 1986
THE REJECTIONS
Claim 17 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Marrujo ‘441. Claims 2, 3 and 6-15 stand rejected
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