Appeal No. 97-0740
Application 08/144,818
OPINION
In reaching our conclusion on the issues raised in this
appeal, we have carefully considered appellants’ specification
and claims, the applied references and the respective
viewpoints
advanced by the appellants and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we have made the determinations which follow.
We turn first to the examiner’s rejection of claims 11,
12, 14 and 18 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Gross in view of D’Annunzio, Gordin, Koether and Haubert.
Gross discloses a portable collapsible backboard and basket
assembly including a base means 12 securely affixed to a stage
floor 72 (See Figs. 1 and 6). Gross also discloses a foldable
support means 3 attached to the base means 12. The foldable
support means is rotatable between a storage position adjacent
to the stage floor, depicted in Fig. 2, and a display position
substantially perpendicular to the stage floor, depicted in
Fig. 1. There is also included a backboard 2 foldably and
rotatably attached to the support means 3 (See Figs. 4 and 5).
A basketball basket 6 is attached to the backboard 2. When
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