Appeal No. 97-1143
Application 08/115,881
mounted for movement between a folded condition (shown in
broken lines in Figure 2) and an extended condition in which
the wheels and casters are in contact with the floor.
As with Borgman and Berry, Shadel does not overcome the
deficiency of the combined teachings of Rice and Covert noted
above. Therefore, we will not sustain the rejection of claims
7 through 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Rice in view of Covert,
Borgman and Shadel.
Rejection (5)
Independent claim 11 recites a ladder stand comprising,
inter alia, a base having a front and rear and at least two
side
beams, a plurality of stair treads supported on and extending
upward from the base, a rotatable beam for connecting the side
beams at the front of the base, a first wheel set mounted to
the rotatable beam, an inner pipe secured to the side beams
approximately midway between the front and rear of the base,
an outer pipe rotatably mounted over the inner pipe, and a
second wheel set mounted on the outer pipe.
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