Appeal No. 1997-0906
Application 08/292,666
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1 and 8.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention is directed to a handle tie for
joining the handles of several multi-pole circuit breakers
together to form a common assembly.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A metal free handle tie for multi-pole circuit
breakers comprising:
a molded plastic trough having a pair of opposing
end walls and a pair of opposing sidewalls, said
sidewalls being longer than said endwalls defining a
rectangle, said endwalls defining a U-shaped
configuration; and
a plurality of first compartments within said
trough, said first compartments formed by inner walls
extending between said sidewalls, said first compartments
including detent means integrally formed on opposite
sides of said sidewalls, said detent means being arranged
to capture slots formed on opposite sides of circuit
breaker operating handles to lockingly retain said
operating handles within said first compartments, said
first compartments further define an inner surface that
abuts an outer surface on said operating handles, when
said operating handles are received within said first
compartments, said inner surface and said outer surface
comprise a radial configuration.
The examiner relies on the following prior art
references:
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