Appeal No. 1999-1758
Application No. 08/787,971
elected invention. Claims 11 and 21-23 have been canceled.
Appellant’s invention relates to an adaptor (22, 76) for
a beam or bar clamp assembly (10, 70). The adaptor (22, 76)
is for allowing a plurality of clamping fixtures (42, 43, 83,
84, 103, 104, 200, 202) to be interchangeably mounted using a
connector (34, 79) and a fastener bolt (53) to a plurality of
beam and bar clamp assemblies (10, 70) shown in Figures 1 and
7. The adaptor (22) includes fastener clips (24) with
tightening screws (36) for releasably engaging and gripping a
jaw (14) of a beam/bar clamp (10, 70) and a protective ledge
(38) for preventing the work piece from contacting the beam or
bar (12, 14) of the clamp assembly. A representative copy
reproduced from appellant’s brief of independent claims 1 and
24 is attached to this decision.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Periolat 1,498,638 Jun. 24, 1924
Durfee, Jr. 4,923,186 May 8, 1990
Nishimura 4,953,840 Sep. 4,
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