Appeal No. 1998-1968
Application 08/425,293
(specification, page 1). Claim 1 is illustrative and reads as
follows:
1. A rear body structure of a vehicle, said rear body
structure comprising:
a rear inner panel forming a rear side portion of a
vehicle body and having an inner projection partially bent
transversely inwardly of said vehicle body;
a rear pillar stiffener for reinforcing said rear inner
panel, said rear pillar stiffener having an outer projection
partially bent transversely inwardly of said body; and
a roof rail disposed at an upper portion of said rear
body structure, said roof rail including an upper roof rail
outer member and a lower roof rail inner member, said roof
rail outer member having a hinge stiffener as a reinforcing
member, which has a stiffener projection projecting
transversely outwardly of said vehicle body, said inner
projection, said outer projection, and said stiffener
projection being laid sequentially one over the other and
joined together at ends thereof, said inner projection
positioned at a bottom and said roof rail outer member
positioned at a top jointly defining a box-shaped structure
with bracing means diagonally extending within said box-shaped
structure, whereby a plurality of closed sections are defined
within said box-shaped structure.
Claims 1 through 15 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 4,775,181 to
Shoda.
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