Appeal No. 2006-0985
Application No. 09/766,696
base for reception of the motor and first and second bracket supports for
attachment to the bicycle chain stay.
Claim 82, reproduced below, is further illustrative of the claimed subject
matter.
82. A bracket apparatus for mounting a separate self-contained motor that
controls a bicycle transmission to a bicycle frame, wherein the frame has a bottom
bracket shell, a seat tube extending upwardly relative to the bottom bracket shell, a
first chain stay extending rearwardly relative to the seat tube and a first seat stay
extending rearwardly relative to the seat tube above the first chain stay, wherein
the apparatus comprises:
a bracket base dimensioned for supporting the motor at least partially above
the first chain stay and at least partially below the first seat stay such that the motor
can be removed as a unit from the bracket base;
wherein the bracket base has an upper surface that supports the motor as to
receive a vertically downwardly directed force component from a portion of the
motor mounted above it;
a first bracket support for coupling the bracket base to at least one of the first
chain stay and the first seat stay; and
a second bracket support for coupling the bracket base to at least one of the
first chain stay, the seat tube, and the bottom bracket shell.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of anticipation and
obviousness are:
Chappell 4,599,079 Jul. 8, 1986
Ethington 5,681,234 Oct. 28, 1997
Claims 1-16, 66, 67, 69 and 77-82 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Ethington in view of Chappell.
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