Appeal No. 95-2768
Application 08/019,700
claimed. Alternatively, it would have been
obvious to construct the cradles of Blackburn
et al and Piretti with an integral securing
strap as shown by Kamaya for easier
manufacture of the component.
After fully considering the record in light of the arguments
presented by appellants and the examiner, we conclude that this
rejection should not be sustained.
All of the claims on appeal, except for claim 29, require
that the retaining strap on the base is ?normally extending
upwardly from said base? (claim 14) or ?normally extend[s] away
from said base? (claim 30). Even assuming that it would have
been obvious to utilize the cradles 3 disclosed by Kamaya on the
supporting arms of the bicycle carriers disclosed by Blackburn or
Piretti, we do not consider that the quoted limitations would
have been present in, or obvious from, the resulting combination.
Kamaya’s disclosure concerning carriers (supports) 3 is very
cryptic; all the specification states is that ?horizontal struts
2 are provided with a plurality of supports 3 which fix in
position skis or other objects to be carried? (col. 1, lines 61
to 63). Figure 1 shows the carriers to be mounted on
rectangular-section struts 2. The carriers have straps 3 which
are extended over rectangular-section objects (evidently skis)
and holes in the straps are engaged with tabs to fix the objects
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