In re Gillam

Wallace R. Gillam, the appellant, filed his application, serial No. 5868, on January 30, 1925, for a patent on an improvement in rim adapters. Eight claims in all were filed, of which claim No. 7 was allowed and the balance rejected by both the examiner and the Board of Appeals.

Claim 1, which is typical of all the claims, is as follows:

1. In a means for the conversion of a pneumatic-tired wheel of standard make having a fixed rim formed of an annular band and side walls having rim seats at their edges formed to receive a pneumatic-tire with its demountable rim, into a cushion-tired wheel; the…