Appeal No. 2006-1085
Application No. 10/392,209
As noted on page 1 of the specification, appellant’s invention, entitled
“GYM SCOOTER,” relates to a scooter used for recreational purposes. In
particular, appellant notes that propelling a scooter across the floor while in
a seated position on the scooter helps to build upper and lower body
strength, and improve coordination. The essence of appellant’s invention
resides in a low profile connection that is integrally formed as part of the
scooter body and that is utilized to connect two or more scooters together in
abutting relation so a single person may move across the floor in a prone or
supine position on the scooters, or several persons can move together across
the floor with each person being seated on one of the interconnected
scooters. Each of claims 1, 3 and 4 is independent and generally
representative of the subject matter on appeal, a copy of those claims can be
found in the Appendix attached to appellant’s brief.
The prior art references relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
John et al. (John) 5,860,369 Jan. 19, 1999
Karashima 6,095,348 Aug. 1, 2000
Claims 1, 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Karashima in view of John.
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