Appeal No. 2006-0790
Reexamination Control No. 90/005,117
positioned between the left side and the right side;
and a handle extending from the base.
8. Damark further teaches that the treadmill may be
folded vertically.
5 9. The appellant acknowledges Damark’s disclosure as
follows (request for reexamination filed on September
25, 1998 at 3):
The Damark reference depicts a manual folding
treadmill having a tread base rotatably attached
10 to an upright support structure, wherein the
point of attachment is intermediate the front and
rear of the tread base.
10. Damark also describes the provision of front wheels to
15 allow easy movement and easy storage of the treadmill.
11. The examiner determined that Damark “discloses all the
limitations of the claims, except for a gas spring
connected between the tread base and the upright
structure to assist in stably retaining said tread
20 base in said second position relative to said upright
structure with said tread base in said second
position.” (Final Office action at 2.)
12. The appellant does not dispute the examiner’s
determination that Damark “discloses all the
25 limitations of the claims, except for a gas spring
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