Appeal No. 1999-2094 Page 8
Application No. 08/517,198
of Will (i.e., springs 32) urge only in the direction towards
the transport position regardless of where the carrier or leg
is positioned. That is, the urging means of Vanzant (i.e.,
gas cylinder 52) and the urging means of Will (i.e., springs
32) never urge the carrier or leg in the direction towards the
loading and unloading position. Thus, in our view, the
combined teachings of the applied prior art would not have
suggested providing the carrier of Mottino with an urging
means which both (1) urges the holder to the transport
position from the loading and unloading position, and (2)
includes at least one resilient means acting to pivot the
holder in a clockwise direction to urge the holder to be
retained in the loading and unloading position.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 21 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is reversed.
Claim 22
We will not sustain the rejection of claim 22 under
35 U.S.C. § 103.
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