Appeal No. 2006-1848
Application No. 10/352,360
BACKGROUND
The appellant’s invention relates to a hauling trailer (100)
including a front wall (110), a rear wall (112), and a side wall (114),
extending upwardly from a floor (120). A remaining open side runs
along the length of the trailer. A set of hinged, bi-fold doors (130,
132, 134, 136) are used to close the open side. The doors are cross-
braced and covered with mesh and/or steel grating(s) and or canvas.
Braces (160, 162, 164) are used along the upper edges of the panel of
the doors to maintain the edges in straight alignment when the panels
are closed. In one embodiment, the doors are tri-fold doors. In yet
another embodiment, the floor of the trailer includes a central deeper
portion. Independent claims 6 and 11 are representative of the subject
matter on appeal, and a copy of these claims can be found in the
appendix to the appellant’s brief.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of
unpatentability:
Lutkenhouse (Lutkenhouse) 4,092,039 May 30, 1978
Elliott (Elliott) 4,856,843 Aug. 15, 1989
Carter et al. (Carter) 5,599,058 Feb. 4, 1997
Anderson (Anderson) 6,325,438 Dec. 4, 2001
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