Appeal No. 1998-2467 Page 9
Application No. 08/353,682
obvious to use an axial latching mechanism on the handle of
Riley, "as an alternate design choice." The examiner
additionally takes the position that pin connectors are old
and well known, and that it therefore would have been obvious
to have connected the circuit board to the rest of the
electronic apparatus by means of pin connectors (answer, page
4).
Appellants assert (brief, pages 7-9) that none of the
references disclose an electro-mechanical connection of a
battery pack by movement solely along the handle axis.
Appellants further assert that none of the references disclose
opening or closing the of an end of a handle by movement of
the battery pack. Appellants additionally assert that none of
the references disclose electrically conducting pins and
sockets for making an electro-mechanical connection between a
battery pack and the housing for supplying electrical power to
the various components therein. Moreover, appellants assert
that none of the references recite that the handle end
extending away from the housing is open able for
accessibility. Appellants go on to assert that not only do
the claims recite that the battery pack casing has an insert
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