Appeal No. 2001-0038
Application No. 08/992,999
it from contact with other moving components and in a manner
which permits the brake to absorb vibrations induced during
braking.
Charron pertains to “shock absorbent in-line roller
skates wherein the wheels are resilient mounted to navigate
over rough, bumpy surfaces” (abstract). The examiner directs
our attention to Figure 4c of Charron, and observes that the
skate chassis
79 illustrated therein includes a rigid support 36, a rubber
brake block 37 fixed to the rigid support, and a chassis cut-
out 80 into which elastic discs 68 are positioned. The
examiner finds that Charron “fails to show the elastic
material force-fitted in a cut-out on the brake support”
(answer, page 4). The examiner considers that Olson “teaches
the use of an elastic material (42) force-fitted in a cut-out
on the brake support (12)” (answer, page 4). Based on these
findings, the examiner concludes that it would have been
obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to provide an
elastic insert similar to element 42 of Olson in the rigid
support 36 of Charron “because force fitting an elastic
material on the brake support will reduce the amount of
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