Appeal No. 2004-1441
Application No. 09/526,405
as a vehicle crash” (specification, page 1). Representative
claims 1 and 5 read as follows:
1. A subassembly for a vehicle seat device for raising a
front part of a seat to prevent a vehicle occupant from slipping
forward under a seat belt in an impact situation such as a
vehicle crash, comprising:
a casing adapted to be attached to a seat frame, said casing
including a longitudinally elongated hollow member;
a power actuator fixedly secured in said hollow member; and
an arm pivotally supported by said casing, and adapted to be
actuated by said power actuator.
5. A vehicle seat device for raising a front part of a seat
to prevent a vehicle occupant from slipping forward under a seat
belt in an impact situation such as a vehicle crash, comprising:
at least one subassembly including a casing adapted to be
attached to a seat frame, said casing including a longitudinally
elongated hollow member, a power actuator fixedly secured in said
hollow member, and an arm pivotally supported by said casing and
adapted to be actuated by said power actuator; and
a restraint member fixedly attached to a free end of said
arm so as to be moveable jointly with said arm between a
retracted position and a deployed position.
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 6, 8 through 10 and 15 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No.
6,050,635 to Pajon et al. (Pajon).
Claims 13 and 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable in view of Pajon.
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