Appeal No. 96-0324
Application 08/045,747
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's
final rejection of claims 1 through 16 and 18, which are all of
the claims remaining in this application. Claim 17 has been
canceled.
Appellant's invention relates to an improvement in a
"springer fork" for a bicycle and, more particularly, to a kit
including such an improved fork which is used for safely
converting a standard bicycle having a springer fork to a "low
rider" style bicycle with a modified springer fork. According to
appellant's specification (pages 1-2), "[m]aking a low rider
involves giving the bicycle a longer and lower look" wherein it
is the specially bent fork "that principally contributes the
longer and lower look that defines a low rider." As noted in
the paragraph bridging pages 3 and 4 of the specification one
very popular type of fork for low riders is the "springer fork,"
which was originally made by Schwinn. It is also indicated
that
[t]o convert the springer fork to a low rider
fork, the common practice is to bend the fork
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