Appeal No. 1998-1878 Page 5
Application No. 08/543,734
and speed of the lift truck, the “X” direction of motion
corresponding to the “X” direction in the operator’s
compartment which motion corresponds to a right or left
rolling motion of the operator’s unsupported arm and involving
a smaller muscle group for effecting such motion, generally
parallel to the direction the operator is facing, and a1
second smaller resistive force associated with the rolling
motion, and (2) a second “Y” direction of motion corresponding
to the “Y” direction of the operator’s compartment; and
(E) control means responsive to displacement of the
single-lever hand control from the neutral position in either
the “X” or “Y” directions, the control means comprising (1)
means rotatable about an axis approximately parallel to the
operator’s unsupported arm and perpendicular to the “X”
direction of motion for varying the speed and direction of the
“power means” operable by the rolling action of the2
At the oral hearing, appellants explained that it is the smaller1
muscle group, not the right or left rolling motion, which is generally
parallel to the direction the operator is facing, i.e., the “Y” direction.
The following errors should be corrected upon return of the2
application to the jurisdiction of the examiner: in claim 6, line 18, the
phrase "said power means" should read --said powered means-- for proper
antecedent basis; in claim 16, line 11, “motion” should be deleted. The
identified lines are found in the claims as reproduced in the appendix.
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