Appeal No. 1998-1454 Page 15
Application No. 08/422,840
(12), which also comprises a piston/rod (17,16) extending
therefrom, installed on the device, the piston rod extends
through the cover tube (20) and is threadedly connected at the
end thereof to a connector (18). Thus, it is not apparent to
us how the plunger lock assembly can possibly lock the cover
tube onto a shaft of a winch as required by the claims.
Accordingly, we shall also not sustain the examiner's
rejection of claims 1 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
being anticipated by Schuitema.
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