Appeal No. 97-1493
Application 08/429,806
contain any language which is inconsistent with the recitation in
the body of the claim of positive structural relationships
involving the floor of the carrier.
Turning now to the standing prior art rejections, Blackburn
discloses a truck-tractor adapted to carry a cargo container 120.
In order to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of these
components, the chassis 110 of the truck-trailer includes a
plurality of power-driven piston lifters 118 for raising and
lowering the container (see column 2, line 46 et seq.).
Halliar discloses a system designed to prevent the pilfering
of cargo containers carried on a railroad flatcar. The system
includes a number of upwardly biased pin assemblies 50 mounted on
the floor of the flatcar in accordance with standard cargo
container sizes. The pin assemblies are movable between lower
positions in which they are flush with the floor and upper
positions in which they project above the floor. The locations
of the pin assemblies are such that any pin assembly beneath a
container will be pushed into its lower position under the weight
of the container and at least one other pin assembly will assume
its upper position adjacent the swinging door of the container to
prevent it from being opened (see column 3, line 22 through
column 4, line 54).
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