Appeal No. 2004-2060
Application No. 09/891,271
Appellants' invention (e.g., claim 1) relates to a receiving
device for pedals of a motor vehicle comprising a mounting plate
(2) on which a clutch pedal (3), a brake pedal (4) and an
accelerator pedal (5) are swivellably disposed, wherein the
clutch pedal (3) is swivellably held in an insert (12) which
forms a preassembled constructional unit with the clutch pedal,
which constructional unit can be fastened between projecting legs
(10, 11) of the mounting plate (2) and is constructed to be
optionally removable therefrom when the vehicle includes an
automatic transmission. Appellants' invention also addresses a
pedal assembly for a motor vehicle (claim 6) and a method of
making a receiving device of the type noted above (claim 9). A
copy of representative claims 1, 6 and 9 can be found in the
Appendix attached to appellants' brief.
The sole prior art reference relied upon by the examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Counts 3,192,794 Jul. 6, 1965
Claims 1 through 3 and 6 through 11 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Counts.
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