Appeal No. 2005-1953 Page 9
Application No. 09/765,533
The specification, pages 3-4, describes Appellant’s invention as follows:
The present invention resides in a yoga mat which allows a
practitioner to properly align his or her body in a variety of poses as well
as tracking his or her flexibility progress. The yoga mat generally
comprises an elongated mat having an upper and a lower surface. In a
particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the elongated mat
has a rectangular configuration. A symmetrical body placement guide is
imprinted on the upper surface of the mat and configured to aid the yoga
practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures.
The body placement guide includes a patterned design defining a
longitudinal axis which substantially extends the length and bisects the
upper surface of the mat. The pattern design also defines a transverse
axis bisecting the longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axis and transverse
axis define four equal quadrants. Each quadrant is adjacent to two other
quadrants. The pattern design in each quadrant is a mirror image of the
pattern design of the two adjoining quadrants.
The pattern design typically includes indicia positioned from either
the longitudinal or transverse axis at a forty-five degree angle. This
indicia preferably comprises a line extending from either the longitudinal
axis or transverse axis at the forty-five degree angle.
The patterned design may define multiple segments of equal area
that are parallel to the transverse axis. The pattern design may also
define multiple segments of equal area parallel to the longitudinal axis.
The patterned design includes step indicia within each quadrant.
The step indicia may be created by intersecting lines that form a ninety
degree angle.
The specification does not provide a description of the material which forms the
layer or the thickness thereof. However, the specification states that the mat has an
upper and a lower surface (Page 3) and the mat can vary in shape and size (Page 5).
The specification principally focuses on the indica appearing on the upper surface of
the mat and described in the figures of the application.
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