Appeal No. 1998-1878 Page 12 Application No. 08/543,734 In addition, the handle control “is designed and located so that the functions to be controlled are sense oriented” (col. 1, lines 22-24). To this end Schultz teaches that [t]he mounting bracket 52 is located at a bias to the longitudinal axis of the truck, the vertical portion 56 thereof being formed to extend forwardly and downwardly so that the handle control portion 62,68,70 is designed to be located at its most convenient and comfortable position in the operator's compartment. Manual control is effected whether operating the truck in a forward or rearward direction by movement of the handle control along the downward tilt and inward bias of shaft 60; this provides good operator "sense" control as the handle is actuated forwardly, downwardly and inwardly, or rearwardly, upwardly and outwardly along shaft 60 to control the various hydraulic functions of the lift truck . . . [col. 2, line 63 through col. 3, line 9]. The examiner describes Habiger as disclosing all of the limitations of the claims, except for the environment of a powered industrial lift truck (final rejection, page 4; answer, page 4). Schultz is cited to show the lift truck environment (id.). It is the examiner’s position (answer, page 4) that [i]t would have been obvious . . . to modify Habiger such that the single lever control was installed in a lift truck in view of the teaching of Schultz etPage: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007