Appeal No. 96-1337
Application 08/229,804
suggestive to one having ordinary skill in the art of altering
the rear portion of the upper, seating platform of Louk to
include a back support. However, this modified tree stand
would not be the “convertible” tree stand now claimed.
Setting aside what appellants have informed us of in the
present application, it is clear to us that the Louk patent
simply offers no motivation or instruction to those of
ordinary skill in the art to pivotally couple the first and
second members to the main frame so that the members can be
moved through the reference plane defined by sides of the main
frame, as now claimed, to effect a tree stand or platform that
is “convertible” and
structurally capable of being held to a tree in alternative
bow-hunting and rifle-hunting positions. Since the evidence
of obviousness before us fails to suggest the claimed
invention, the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 must be
reversed.
The decision of the examiner is reversed.
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