Appeal No. 1999-1747 Page 3 Application No. 08/715,422 BACKGROUND The appellant's invention relates to a quick connect coupling for connecting a brake hose to a brake tube in a hydraulic brake hose assembly. A copy of the claims under appeal appears in the appendix to the appellant's brief. The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are: Dick 2,062,449 Dec. 1, 1936 Eschbaugh 3,826,523 July 30, 1974 Legris 3,963,267 June 15, 1976 Guest 4,645,246 Feb. 24, 1987 Tarum 4,828,297 May 9, 1989 Spors et al. 5,064,227 Nov. 12, 1991 (Spors) Joseph et al. 5,387,016 Feb. 7, 1995 (Joseph) Rea et al. 5,573,279 Nov. 12, 1996 (Rea) (filed June 7, 1995)Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007