In re Murray

Appellant has filed his application in the United States Patent Office for a patent upon claimed improvements in making axle housings. Claims 2 to 7, inclusive, and 9 to 11, inclusive, were rejected by the examiner, and this action was affirmed by the Board of Appeals.

Claims 2, 5, and 11 are illustrative, and are as follows:

2, An axle housing or the like having a central annular portion with inwardly bent edges and tubular extensions, said housing comprising four segments each of a half length and a half cross-section welded together along longitudinal edges to constitute the tubular portions…