Appeal No. 97-0740
Application 08/144,818
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner’s final
rejection of claims 11-20, which are all the claims pending in
the application. Claims 1-10 have been canceled.
The appellants’ claimed subject matter is a portable
collapsible backboard and basket assembly mounted in the bed
of a pickup truck. Claim 11 is exemplary of the claims on
appeal and recites:
11. A portable collapsible backboard and basket assembly
mounted in the bed of a pickup truck, the bed having a floor
and a plurality of raised sidewalls forming a cavity, the
assembly comprising:
base means positioned in and securely affixed to the
pickup truck within the cavity of the pickup truck;
foldable support means attached to said base means and
rotatable between a storage position adjacent the floor of the
bed of the pickup truck and to a display position
substantially perpendicular to the floor of the bed of the
pickup truck;
a backboard foldably and rotatably attached to said
support means; and
a basketball basket attached to said backboard; and
wherein when said assembly is folded and collapsed into
said storage position, it forms a compact package sized to fit
within said cavity of the pickup truck, and wherein when said
assembly is erected into said display position, it holds and
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