Appeal No. 2004-1282
Application No. 10/037,668
a switch carried by the individual and manually
actuatable between first and second states of operations,
a transmitter carried by the individual and connected to
the switch for transmitting signals upon the manual operation of
the switch by the individual between the first and second states
of operation,
the switch and the transmitter being disposed on one
hand of the individual for providing for a transmission of
signals from the transmitter to the propulsion mechanism when the
switch is operated between the first and second states, one of
the hands of the individual also holding the member for striking
the element propelled from the propulsion mechanism when the
transmitter sends the signals to the propulsion mechanism,
a propulsion mechanism displaced from the switch and the
transmitter and constructed to propel the element upon actuation,
and
a receiver disposed in the propulsion mechanism and
energizable by the signals from the transmitter for providing an
actuation of the propulsion mechanism to obtain the propulsion of
the element by the propulsion mechanism.
In the rejection of the appealed claims, the examiner relies
upon the following references:
O'Brien 4,722,625 Feb. 2, 1988
Rappaport et al. 6,190,271
(Rappaport '625) Feb. 20, 2001
Rappaport et al. 6,371,871 Apr. 16, 2002
(Rappaport '871)
Brown 6,440,013 Aug. 27, 2002
Appellants' claimed invention is directed to a combination
for propelling an element, such as a ball, toward an individual
holding a member, such as a bat. The invention comprises an
electrical switch disposed on a hand of the individual which
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