Appeal No. 2004-0753
Application No. 10/120,096
plate member does not have a plurality of apertures therethrough
for acceptance of an associated member, and hence does not embody
a “logistics” plate member. To cure this shortcoming, the
examiner turns to Yurgevich.
Yurgevich discloses a vehicle trailer 10 having side walls
16 and 18 composed of a plurality of flat rectangular plates 32,
each formed of a thin aluminum skin bonded to the sides of a
polymeric plastic core. Joining members in the form of
vertically oriented strips connect the panels to one another.
According to Yurgevich, “it has been found that in certain
locations it is desirable to provide a joining member which
includes means for receiving logistics fasteners and fittings on
an inner surface thereof” (column 4, lines 47 through 51).
Figure 5 shows one such embodiment:
[T]he joining member 78 includes an outer
rectilinear strip 80 fixed to the outer surface of
plates 32 and an inner rectilinear strip 82 fixed to
the inner surface of the plates 32 by a common set of
fasteners 84 and 86 which pass through both outer and
inner rectilinear strips 80 and 82 as well as the
plates 32. It is important to note that the plates 32
are spaced apart from each other. The inner surface 88
of the outer rectilinear strip 80 includes a pair of
flanges 90 and 92 which project between the margins of
the plates 32 to contact surface 94 of inner strip 82.
A channel 96 of uniform depth is provided between the
two flanges 90 and 92. The channel 96 is aligned with
a plurality of openings 98 in the inner rectilinear
strip 82 which were adapted to receive various
logistics fittings [column 4, lines 53 through 67].
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