Appeal No. 2004-0323 Page 2
Application No. 09/716,045
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates, in a general sense, to a device for creating a
vertically disposed air current capable of suspending one or more humans within the
current, but, more importantly, a multi-faceted system for both the training and
entertainment of members of the public who wish to experience the exhilaration of free
fall flight in any one of several selected simulated environments, including, but not
limited to, the capacity to play games in a state of free flight suspended animation
(specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Methfessel et al. (Methfessel) 5,593,352 Jan. 14, 1997
Kitchen et al. (Kitchen) 5,655,909 Aug. 12, 1997
Lenhart 6,042,490 Mar. 28, 2000
Larsen et al. (Larsen) 6,378,361 Apr. 30, 2002
Louttit GB 2 062 557 A May 28, 1981
Claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
as containing subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way
as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly
connected, to make and/or use the invention.
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