Appeal No. 2000-0573
Application No. 08/678,991
(specification, page 1). Claim 26 is illustrative and reads
as follows:
26. A roller skate, comprising:
a chassis comprising a first frame and a second frame
extending longitudinally parallel to each other, each frame
having a front end and a rear end; and
exactly four wheels, including a first wheel, a second
wheel, a third wheel and a fourth wheel rotatably mounted in
spaced apart manner between the first and second frames, with
the first wheel positioned adjacent the front end of the
frames and the fourth wheel positioned adjacent the rear end
of the frames;
wherein the first and second wheels have the same size,
the third and fourth wheels have the same size, and the third
and fourth wheels are larger than the first and second wheels,
and all four wheels are arranged so that all four wheels
simultaneously contact a tractive surface when the roller
skate is in use.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Madsen 1,260,692 Mar. 26,
1918
Nyitrai 3,877,710 Apr. 15,
1975
Olson et al. (Olson) 5,048,848 Sep. 17,
1991
THE REJECTIONS
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