Appeal No. 2001-1181
Serial No. 09/131,156
indicates in claim 5 that parts of the frame may be
dismantled, which an umbrella stroller does not require.
These arguments are not persuasive, since claim 14 does not
require an umbrella stroller, nor does it preclude some
disassembly of the frame; all it requires is that the base
frame members and side frame members be pivotally connected
together, to some unspecified degree, and it is considered
that this broad recitation would have been suggested by
Leader’s disclosure that the stroller 20 can be made foldable.
Accordingly, the rejection of claim 14 will be sustained.
Rejection (2)
Claim 15 (as well as method claim 12) defines the
stroller frame more specifically than claim 14, in that it
recites that the frame
includ[es] pivot joints in the frame permitting
collapsing of the left and right sides inwardly
toward each other and compactly together and then
permitting pivoting of frame members within a plane
generally longitudinal relative to the stroller such
that left and right side frame members pivot in
unison until a compact essentially linear
configuration results with front support points of
the stroller generally at one end and rear support
points generally at an opposite end, . . .
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