Appeal No. 1998-0509
Application 08/236,771
Remise, figures 1A and 1B, discloses a mounting
arrangement for mounting a peripheral housing 4 (e.g., "a
5½-inch disk drive or reader, or a high-speed tape cassette
unwinder" (col. 4, lines 23-24)) to side surfaces 11 and 12
of a support part 1. The housing has threaded holes 42B in
its side which receive the threads 400 of a screw. An
elastic grommet 41 fits over a throat 403 of the screw. The
central junction section 412 of the grommet fits into
cutouts 120A and 120B on side surfaces 11 and 12.
Dupree discloses a captive screw assembly for a
removable panel. A screw is carried in a resilient washer
having a lip for retaining the screw and deflectable fingers
for insertion into a panel opening for retaining the washer
and screw in the panel (abstract).
It turns out to be unnecessary to discuss the content
of Worthing and Wollar.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 3-7, 12, 14-21, and 28-30 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Remise
and Dupree. The Examiner concludes that it would have been
obvious to extend the inserts 41 of Remise into the openings
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