Appeal No. 95-3698 Page 4
Application No. 08/006,717
does not persuade us that our decision was in error in any
respect. In that regard, the claimed "pivotal means" is recited
as being disposed between the car body and the second carriage
permitting free pivotal movement of the car body about a
generally horizontal axis relative to the second carriage as
said pin means sliding in the groove causes the car body to
pivot about the generally horizontal axis relative to the first
carriage. However, the coupling heads disclosed in Figures 12-
14 are disposed between a first freight car and a coupled rear
freight car so that the first freight car can be tilted
independently of the rear freight car as is the case when the
first freight car is traversing a curve, while the rear freight
car is still on a straight track (specification, p. 12, lines
20-23). Thus, the disclosed coupling heads are to couple
together two different freight cars. The claimed "pivotal
means" is structure provided on a single car body "disposed 5
between said car body and said second carriage." Accordingly,
the disclosed coupling heads are not structure that corresponds
5Claim 27 recites "a first and second carriage underlying
said car body."
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