Appeal No. 96-2475
Application 08/319,473
This is an appeal from the decision of the examiner finally
rejecting claims 1 and 3 through 22. Claims 2 and 23 through 27
have been canceled. No claims have been allowed.
The appellants' invention is directed to a steering and
suspension arrangement for the front wheel of a motorcycle. The
subject matter before us on appeal is illustrated by reference to
claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A steering and suspension arrangement for a front wheel
of a motorcycle comprising: a frame, an engine adjoining said
frame, a steering knuckle extending along one side of said front
wheel, an upper swing arm having first and second ends, a first
pivotal connection between said first end of said upper swing arm
and said frame and a second pivotal connection between said
second end of said upper swing arm [and] an upper portion of said
steering knuckle, a lower swing arm having first and second ends,
a third pivotal connection between said first end of said lower
swing arm and said frame and a fourth pivotal connection between
said second end of said lower swing arm and a lower portion of
said steering knuckle; said lower swing arm being longer than
said upper swing arm, along a longitudinal direction of said
motorcycle, and said first pivotal connection being positioned
forward of said third pivotal connection and lying on an upper
line of an imaginary parallelogram, said imaginary parallelogram
having four apexes with three of said apexes lying on the second,
third and fourth pivotal connections, respectively, when the
motorcycle is normally laden so that said swing arms function
substantially as a parallelogram.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Knapp 5,044,648 Sep. 3, 1991
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