Appeal No. 2003-0707
Application 09/690,534
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a self-propelled agricultural
vehicle which is defined in representative claim 1 as follows:
1. In a self-propelled agricultural vehicle having a chassis
supported on front and rear sets of wheels, and at least one
working unit being attached to a side of the chassis by a support
arm movable between a lowered working position and a raised
transport position, and an actuator coupled between the chassis
and said arm for moving the latter between said working and
transport positions, the improvement comprising: a coupling
structure mounting an inner end of said support arm to said
chassis at a location inwardly of an outer surface of one of said
wheels of one of said front and rear sets of wheels; said support
arm being so configured and located relative to said one of said
front and rear sets of wheels that said working unit is moved to
a position occupying space vertically above a respective wheel of
said one of said front and rear sets of wheels when said arm is
moved to said transport position.
THE REJECTION
Claims 1 through 5 and 9 through 11 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,715,667
to Goman et al. (Goman).
Attention is directed to the brief (Paper No. 13) and answer
(Paper No. 14) for the respective positions of the appellants and
examiner regarding the merits of this rejection.1
1 In the final rejection (Paper No. 8), claims 1 through 5
and 9 also stood rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,280,695 to Nunes, Jr. et al. and
claim 12 stood rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Goman. On consideration of the arguments advanced
2
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