Appeal No. 97-2734
Application 08/394,067
rejection of appellants' claims 1 through 4 and 8 through 11
under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph.
We next look to the examiner's prior art rejections
of the appealed claims, turning first to the rejection of
claims 1 through 4, 8, 9 and 12 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Stein in view of Acosta. Independent claim
1 on appeal defines an orthopedic crutch which comprises a
pair of vertical supports (e.g., 26); an upper cross-member
(e.g., 17) rigidly connected to said vertical supports at an
upper end forming an armpit support; a vertical support leg
(e.g., 16), rigidly
connected relative to the lower ends of the vertical supports;
a handgrip (e.g., 24), and
means for movably supporting said
handgrip relative to said vertical support
leg and said armpit support to enable said
handgrip to move in a vertical direction
generally parallel to said vertical
supports while said orthopedic crutch is in
use; and
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