Appeal No. 2000-0913
Application No. 09/067,123
for the deficiencies of Eggert noted above.
Rejections (e) and (f)
Independent claim 14 is directed to a restraint device
having a restraint bar and a belt, wherein “the first end of
the belt is attached to the restraint bar . . . such that when
the
restraint bar is in the closed position, the belt is placed
around the driver’s lap area to hold the driver in the
driver’s seat” (emphasis added).
Niebuhr discloses a restraint device comprising two
restraint arms that are placed about the driver’s lap area.
Busch pertains to a restraint device comprising a single arm
assembly placed across the driver’s lap area and a shoulder
belt positioned diagonally across the driver’s torso. Nilsson
is directed to a restraint device comprising a seat belt
placed across a driver’s lap area in combination with a
shoulder belt positioned diagonally across the driver’s torso.
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