Appeal No. 2003-1825 Page 2
Application No. 09/672,492
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a coupling device that may
be used for adding a shoulder stock to a handgun. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A coupling device for interaction between an
elongated object of police equipment and a handgun
whose hand grip has a recess, said coupling device
comprising:
a) a rigid mounting ring comprised of a
sidewall of flat band configuration that defines a
circular interior aperture having a center axis,
circular outer wall, forward and rearward edges,
and upper and lower extremities,
b) a prong attached to said upper extremity
and directed forwardly of said forward edge in
parallel relationship to the axis of said interior
aperture, and
c) manually operable securing means
interactive with said sidewall at said lower
extremity to permit controlled engagement with an
object disposed within said interior aperture.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Brookhyser 2,539,008 Jan. 23, 1951
Martel 5,787,630 Aug. 04, 1998
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Brookhyser. Claims 2, 3, 7, 8, 11 an d 12 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Brookhyser in view of Martel.
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