Appeal No. 1998-2083
Application No. 08/471,584
use with a refuse collecting lift assembly (id.). In
addition, the examiner asserts that “it is generally well
known in the art to support vehicle transported structures on
semi-trailer type chassis arrangements to allow for use of
multiple tow vehicles” (id.). The examiner then concludes
that it would have been obvious to construct the rear chassis
of Holtkamp as a semi-trailer coupled to a cab or tow vehicle,
in order to provide more system flexibility, and, in view of
Worthington, to fabricate Holtkamp’s horizontal arms with two
telescopic segments, in order to extend the reach of the
engaging forks (id. at 3 and 4).
The appellants argue that the combination of Holtkamp and
Worthington is improper because neither reference teaches a
semi-
trailer or a collection device for use on a semi-trailer and
there is no motivation in either reference for the claimed
combination (brief, page 9). We agree.
In this regard, we share the appellants’ view that there
is nothing in the cited Holtkamp and Worthington references to
suggest the claimed invention. In particular, there is no
teaching or suggestion of a loader assembly carried by a semi-
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