Appeal No. 98-2771
Application 08/428,863
exercising on the board. As an alternative position, we note
that, prior to assembly of the track sections into the
formation seen in Figures 1 and 2, each of the individual
sections of the acrobatic track in Morozov would, in our
opinion, qualify as a portable, stand alone, exercise board as
broadly set forth in appellant’s claim 1 on appeal.
While it is true that Morozov does not expressly describe
the rectangular platform of each of the sections therein as
being “substantially rigid,” we nonetheless conclude from the
disclosure of Morozov as a whole that the platform (4) of each
of the sections of the run-up acrobatic track therein would
have been understood by one of ordinary skill in the art as
being “substantially rigid.” Note particularly, the
translation of Morozov at page 3, lines 6-8, where it is noted
that the carpet covering (7) of each track section is
“stapled... on the edges of the panel” or platform (4); page
3, lines 11-12, where it is indicated that the panels or
platforms (4) are capable of transferring the spring efforts
of one panel to another during the athlete’s push; and page 3,
lines 17-20, where it is indicated that the weight of the
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