Appeal No. 2005-1244 Page 6
Application No. 10/134,902
member securable to the first table half and to a smaller leg member securable to the
second table half.
Lifetime teaches a table tennis table having two table portions. Each table
portion is provided with an outside leg and an inside leg. The inside leg is made from
one piece, i.e., inner leg IL. The outside leg is made from three pieces, i.e., two outer
legs OL interconnected by an outer center leg OC. The outer center leg OC has first
and second end portions having a reduced diameter configured to be within an opening
in the outer legs OL as shown in Figures 6, 8 and 9.
In the rejection before us in this appeal, the examiner (answer, p. 5)
(1) ascertained2 that Sporcraft does not show the second leg member having an open
end, and the connecting member having a central portion with a diameter substantially
the same as the diameter of the first and second leg members and reduced diameter
end portions that are received within open ends of the first and second leg members;
and (2) concluded that
Absent a showing of new and unobvious results and in view of the teachings of
LIFETIME, it would have been obvious to provide a fully detachable connecting
means for the SportCraft table, since they are art recognized equivalents, and
2After the scope and content of the prior art are determined, the differences
between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained. Graham v. John
Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).
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