Appeal No. 2004-0697
Application No. 09/950,535
adjacent the underside of the table and (2) a means for
releasably locking the handle in an operative position. Implicit
in this concession is that the Messier combination also fails to
respond to the related limitations in the claim requiring (3) the
operative position to be above the top surface of the table and
(4) a spring clip located on the underside of the table to secure
the handle in the inoperative position. To cure these
shortcomings, the examiner turns to Smith.
Smith discloses “a collapsible cart for use in moving
miscellaneous items of cargo” (column 1, lines 6 and 7). The
cart 10 includes a floor panel 12, side panels 14 and 16 and end
panels 18 and 20 pivotally connected to the floor panel, wheels
22 attached to the bottom of the floor panel, and a tow
bar/handle 24 pivotally connected to brackets 34 and 36 affixed
to the bottom of the floor panel for movement between an upright
ready position (see dotted lines 24a in Figure 1) and a stowed
position beneath the floor panel (see Figure 2). The tow
bar/handle can be locked in the upright ready position by the lug
and keyway structure shown in Figures 3 through 5 and in the
stowed position by the clip 60 shown in Figure 2. Smith teaches
(see column 1, lines 46 through 51) that the subject cart
fulfills the need for a collapsible transport cart that
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