Appeal No. 2001-1808
Application 08/987,487
rubber projecting radially from a central disc 12 affixed to
the top of the pointed foot by a washer 13 and an eye screw
14. The outer ends of the strips are intended to project
above ground level to delineate boundary lines on the field.
As described by Kuoksa,
[a] tool 15 for inserting and removing the
markers 8 is provided. This tool includes a
vertical tubular cylindrical member or bar 16, open
at its bottom end, to engage over the washer 13 and
eye screw 14, as best
shown in Figure 2. The top of the bar 16 carries a
hook 17, to engage in the eye screw 14 for pulling
the markers 8 out of the ground. A combined foot
bar and handle 18 is provided near the bottom end of
the bar 16, and this foot bar is at right angles to
the bar 16.
When the tool 15 is used to insert a marker 8,
the bottom end of the bar 16 is placed over the
washer 13 and eye screw, as shown in Figures 2 and
3. The strips 11 are beneath the lower edge of the
tool and rest upon the surface of the ground. The
tool is pressed downwardly by placing a foot upon
the bar 18 and guiding the bar 16 with the hands.
When the bar 18 engages the ground surface 6, the
markers are inserted to the proper depth, and the
tool 15 is removed.
If it is desired to remove the markers from the
ground, the bar 18 is used as a handle and the top
of the bar 16, carrying the hook 17 is inserted
between the upstanding strips 11. The hook 17 is
engaged into the eye screw 14, and the marker may be
readily pulled up [page 1, column 2, lines 21
through 48].
II. The 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) rejection
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