Appeal No. 2001-0206
Application 08/959,964
bicycle racing” (specification, page 1). Representative claim
1 reads as follows:
1. A cycle seat for a bicycle, including:
an inclined surface forming abutment means for receiving
a portion of a rider’s anatomy which is adjacent at least one
of the rider’s ischial bones, the abutment means being
dimensioned to receive only the portion of the rider’s anatomy
adjacent the ischial bone(s) so that the rider’s soft tissue
or muscle substantially outside the ischial bone(s) is not
compressed or squeezed by the seat when the rider is on the
seat; and
support means coupled to said abutment means for
supporting the abutment means and for coupling the seat to the
bicycle so that the abutment means is permanently transverse
with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bicycle when the
support means couples the seat to the bicycle so that without
other support, it is not possible to permanently sit on the
inclined surface with the backbone of the rider arranged
generally vertically.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner as evidence of
anticipation are:
Martin 4,108,462 Aug. 22,
1978
Barker et al. (Barker) 4,387,925 Jun. 14,
1983
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 7, 10, 12, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 32 and 33
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second paragraph, as
2
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