Appeal No. 97-3173
Application No. 08/462,310
a detachable golf cleat wherein the frame has thicker and
more stiffer crosswise rod shaped ribs (20) and thinner
lengthwise rod shaped ribs (18) and all of the sockets
are interconnected to at least two other spike sockets.
(answer, page 4)
The examiner asserts that it would have been obvious to
construct the frame taught by Austin with rod shaped ribs as
taught by Strickland in order to provide a lightweight and
flexible frame and because rod shaped ribs would be simpler
and cheaper to make than the corrugated flexible portions 42
of Austin. (answer, pages 7 and 8). We do not agree.
Strickland discloses a detachable cleat assembly for
converting ordinary street shoes into cleated shoes (col. 1,
lines 8 and 9) including a one-piece, integrally molded,
plastic web 12, a plurality of cleats 14 and anchoring means
16 for securing the web to the bottom of the sole of an
ordinary street shoe (col. 2, lines 18-23). Strickland also
teaches that the single piece, plastic construction can be
inexpensively mass-produced (col. 2, lines 29-32). However,
Austin likewise teaches that the link or mesh structure
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