Appeal No. 2002-0492
Application 09/348,141
as from a truck or dock surface to the ground surface”
(specification, page 1). Appealed claim 16 reads as follows:
16. A folding portable ramp, comprising:
a first platform section having first and second ends;
a second platform section having first and second ends, said
first end of said second section pivotally coupled to said second
end of said first section, said second section adapted to be
pivoted relative to said first section between a storage position
wherein said second section overlies said first section and an
extended position, wherein said first and second sections form an
obtuse angle; and
a leg support structure pivotally coupled to at least one of
said second end of said first section and said first end of said
second section, said leg support structure adapted to be pivoted
between a first position, wherein said leg support structure
overlies said second section when said section is in said storage
position, and a second position wherein said leg support
structure extends outwardly away from said first and second
sections;
and wherein said leg support structure includes a latching
mechanism that releasably maintains said leg support structure in
said second position.
THE REJECTION
Claim 16 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over U.S. Patent No. 4,795,304 to Dudley.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ brief (Paper No.
10) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper No. 11) for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner with
regard to the merits of this rejection.
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