Appeal No. 2000-0520
Application No. 08/956,160
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
The admitted prior art railing assembly set forth in the
preamble of claim 9 does not meet the subsequently recited
improvement limitations requiring first and second support
brackets each including a base portion provided with an
aperture, and an annular wall surrounding the aperture and
extending from the base portion for receipt of one end of a
reinforcing tube.
Katz discloses a support base or bracket 28 for a railing
post. The bracket comprises a body portion 30 having an
aperture (see Figures 4 and 5), with upstanding side wall
portions 44, 46, 56 and 58 surrounding the aperture and
defining a socket 60 for receiving the lower end of the post.
The side wall portions are orthogonally oriented to give the
socket a rectangular cross-section which is complementary to
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