Appeal No. 97-3070
Application 08/584,097
nevertheless, at the broadest level, fairly suggests that,
where adjustments to easels are made, such adjustments should
be actuated electrically for the purpose of allowing a
handicapped person to easily make them.
In view of the fact that the easel of Vincent provides
for both longitudinal and rotatable adjustments, the artisan
would have found it obvious as a matter of "common sense" (see
In re Bozek, supra) in light of the combined teachings of
Vincent and Tolegian to make both of Vincent's adjustments
electrically actuatable in order to achieve Tolegian's
expressly stated goal of allowing a handicapped person to
easily make adjustments. In this regard, the artisan would
have been well aware of various well-known rotatable mounting
structures which would readily lend themselves to electric
actuation. Indeed, Akers is evidence of such a well-known
structure (see elements 63, 66 and 68).
To the extent that it might be necessary to rely on the
teachings of Akers, we are also unpersuaded by the appellant's
contention that Akers is nonanalogous art. The test of
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