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         Appeal No. 2006-0790                                                       
         Reexamination Control No. 90/005,117                                       

              26. The appellant does not dispute the examiner’s findings            
                   with respect to Dalebout.  (Substitute appeal brief at           
                   11.)                                                             
              27. With respect to rejection II, the appellant refers to             
      5            the same arguments made against the basic combination            
                   of Damark and Teague.                                            

              Rejection III: Claim 13 over Damark & Day                             
              28. Claim 13 recites:                                                 
     10                 13.  A treadmill comprising:                                
                        support structure having a base for stably                  
                   positioning on a support surface to be free                      
                   standing and having upright structure extending                  
                   upwardly from said base;                                         
     15                 a tread base having a frame that includes a                 
                   front, a rear, a left side, a right side and an                  
                   endless belt positioned between said left side                   
                   and said right side, said frame being connected                  
                   to said support structure to be movable between a                
     20            first position in which said endless belt is                     
                   positioned for operation by a user positioned                    
                   thereon and a second position in which said rear                 
                   of said frame is positioned toward said support                  
                   structure;                                                       
     25                 handle means associated with said support                   
                   structure positioned for grasping by a user for                  
                   moving said support structure with said tread                    
                   base in said second position between a use                       
                   position in which said support structure has said                
     30            base positioned on said support surface for                      
                   stably positioning said support structure on a                   
                   support surface and a moving position in which                   
                   said support structure is rotatably displaced                    
                   from said use position;                                          
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