Appeal No. 2006-0790
Reexamination Control No. 90/005,117
1. 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
5 said base;
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
10 support structure to be moveable about an axis of
rotation spaced from said front toward said rear
between a first position in which said endless belt is
position [sic] for operation by a user positioned
thereon and a second position in which said rear of
15 said frame is positioned toward said support
structure;
handle means associated with said support
structure positioned for grasping by a user for moving
said support structure with said tread base in said
20 second position between a use position in which said
support structure has said 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
25 from said use position;
roller means adapted to said base for engagement
with said support surface when said support structure
is reoriented to said moving position for movement of
said support structure by user on said support
30 surface; and
a gas spring connected between the tread base and
the upright structure to assist in stably retaining
said tread base in said second position relative to
said upright structure with said tread base in said
35 second position.
We start with claim construction. Specifically, we must
first consider the scope and meaning of certain contested claim
limitations. Gechter v. Davidson, 116 F.3d 1454, 1457, 1460
40 n.3, 43 USPQ2d 1030, 1032, 1035 n.3 (Fed. Cir. 1997); In re
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