Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – End gates
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-22
2001-03-27
Pape, Joseph D. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
End gates
C296S039200, C296S057100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06206445
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck and more particularly pertains to a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories for conveniently and easily cleaning fish using the tailgate of a pickup truck.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck is known in the prior art. More specifically, a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,089,276; U.S. Pat. No. 5,649,734; U.S. Pat. No. 5,136,953; U.S. Pat. No. 5,732,995; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 381,564; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,721,777.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories. The inventive device includes a board member having a dimension substantially that of a conventional tailgate of a pickup truck and further having a top side and a groove about the perimeter thereof, and also includes a knife storage container having a pair of longitudinal slots extending from a first end, and further having a cover at a second end and being securely mounted to the top side of the board member for storing knives and knife sharpening members, and further includes a clip member securely attached to the top side of the board member and a pair of bracket members each having a latch connecting member securely attached thereto for removeably latching to the tailgate
In these respects, the tailgate-adapted cutting board according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of conveniently and easily cleaning fish using the tailgate of a pickup truck.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new tailgate-adapted cutting board construction wherein the same can be utilized for conveniently and easily cleaning fish using the tailgate of a pickup truck.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which has many of the advantages of the a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tailgate-adapted cutting board which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a board member having a dimension substantially that of a conventional tailgate of a pickup truck and further having a top side and a groove about the perimeter thereof, and also includes a knife storage container having a pair of longitudinal slots extending from a first end, and further having a cover at a second end and being securely mounted to the top side of the board member for storing knives and knife sharpening members, and further includes a clip member securely attached to the top side of the board member and a pair of bracket members each having a latch connecting member securely attached thereto for removeably latching to the tailgate and also having a paper dispensing unit.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which has many of the advantages of the a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tailgate-adapted cutting board which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art a means for cleaning fish by using the tailgate of a pickup truck, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories for conveniently and easily cleaning fish using the tailgate of a pickup truck.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tailgate-adapted cutting board and accessories which includes a board member having a dimension substantially that of a conventional tailgate of a pickup truck and further having a top side and a groove about the perimeter thereof, and also includes a knife storage container having a pair of longitudinal slots extending from a first end, and further having a cover at a second end and being secur
Pape Joseph D.
Patel Kiran B.
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