Appeal No. 2001-2192
Application 09/116,906
application using the present invention would be a
vehicle emergency brake system configured to apply
the emergency brakes when the driver lifted his
weight off the invention for more than a few
seconds. Typically this total system adds a measure
of safety to a delivery truck operation requiring
numerous park and stop maneuvers while the vehicle
is running.
While contact is sensed between contact sheets
2 and 3 by the delay circuit 7, a direct elect[r]ic
path between leads 8 and 9 is provided by delay
circuit 7. When contact stops between contact
sheets 2 and 3, delay circuit 7 electronically
delays opening the electric path between lead[s] 8
and 9 for an adjustable period of time, usually 3-7
seconds.
Contact points 15 and 16 and wires 13 and 14
provide an electric path from sheets 2 and 3 through
the delay circuit 7 via input terminal 11 [column 2,
lines 3 through 37].
In applying Fontaine against claims 11 and 13, the
examiner finds that
Fontaine discloses the use of a seat with a pressure
sensitive sheet sensor (7) disposed inside a seat
pad (1), in which a user may sit on. The seat pad
has a slit (10) located rearwardly thereof in order
to allow the sensor to enter from one peripheral
side to a middle thereof (see Figure 1). Fontaine
further teaches the seat having a cover (6) and the
sensor has a cable (8,9) which inherently has some
terminal (end) [answer, page 3].
The appellant submits that Fontaine’s delay circuit 7 is
not a pressure sensitive sheet sensor and that the slot 10 in
Fontaine’s separator 1 does not extend to a middle area of a
seat pad. In the appellant’s view, although Fontaine’s
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