Appeal No. 98-0197
Application 08/417,362
the application, stand as nonelected and withdrawn from
consideration.
The claimed invention is directed to a plug washer that
is used with a support plate and a stud to reinforce a wall.
The claimed invention is further illustrated by reference
to claim 1, reproduced below.
1. A plug washer for use with a stud embedded in a
vertical wall for attachment to a vertical metal support
standing adjacent to said wall, said stud to extend from said
wall at an angle oblique to horizontal and through said metal
support comprising,
a washer portion having a support-bearing surface and a
nut-bearing surface, said support-bearing surface and said
nut-bearing surface diverging at said oblique angle,
a cylindrical plug portion having a smaller diameter than
said washer portion and extending from said support-bearing
surface with its axis perpendicular to said support-bearing
surface,
a passageway to receive said stud extending through said
washer portion and said plug portion with the axis of said
passageway perpendicular to said nut-bearing surface.
The references of record relied upon as evidence of
obviousness are:
Williams 3,311,012 Mar. 28, 1967
Hipkins 5,147,151 Sep. 15, 1992
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