Appeal No. 2001-0088 Page 2
Application No. 09/271,571
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to an adjustable pedal
apparatus adapted to be mounted on a vehicle structure for a
motor vehicle (claims 16 to 22) and a method of adjusting the
position of a pedal assembly having a carrier slidably mounted
to a support structure in a vehicle and a drive mechanism for
driving the carrier in fore or aft directions relative to the
support structure (claims 31 to 35). A copy of the claims
under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellants'
brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Cicotte et al. (Cicotte) 4,989,474 Feb.
5, 1991
Murphy 5,712,625 Jan. 27,
1998
Claims 16 to 22 and 31 to 35 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Cicotte in view of
Murphy.
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