Appeal No. 2000-2108
Application No. 09/075,943
canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to a vehicle hitch
positioning apparatus and method for positioning and dropping
a vehicle hitch onto a trailer ball attached to a vehicle.
Independent claims 2, 17 and 18 are representative of the
subject matter on appeal.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Schier 3,559,827 Feb. 2,
1971
Pitcher 4,432,563 Feb. 21,
1984
Carroll 4,657,275 Apr. 14,
1987
Lazar 5,080,386 Jan. 14,
1992
Claims 2, 4 through 6, 8 through 14, 17 and 18 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Carroll in view Lazar.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Carroll in view Lazar as applied to claim 2
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