Appeal No. 2000-0534 Page 8
Application No. 08/929,543
Under the provisions of 37 CFR § 1.196(b), we enter the
following new grounds of rejection.
1. Claims 1, 20 and 21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Ball.
Ball's invention relates to a background shield for
soccer practice designed to return the soccer ball back to the
area from where the ball is kicked. The background shield is
foldable for storage and for transportation.
As shown in Figure 1 of Ball 1, the background shield 1
includes a back panel 2 and side panels 3 and 4. Netting 5
has upper edging 7 and lower edging 7' and is fastened to
posts 8 and 10. Netting 5 is stretched around middle posts 6
and 6' but is not fastened to these two middle posts. Thus,
as shown in Figure 1, the netting is formed into a central
section and two end sections wherein the end sections of the
netting intersect with the central section of the netting
substantially vertically along the netting between the top
edge and the bottom edge of the netting to form an angle
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