Appeal No. 2006-1220
Application No. 10/457,960
attached to the first shaft and the second shaft, a motor
arrangement coupled to at least one of the first shaft and
the second shaft, and a plurality of flexible ties each
connected to one of the plurality of lift posts and wound
onto one of the plurality of reels, wherein winding and
unwinding the plurality of flexible ties onto and off of the
plurality of reels respectively raises and lowers the load
platform with respect to the surface.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Ramer 3,172,501 Mar. 9, 1965
Callahan 6,123,495 Sep. 26, 2000
The examiner’s rejection of claims 1-23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Ramer in view of Callahan is before us for review. Rather than
reiterate in their entirety the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and
the appellant regarding this rejection, we make reference to the final rejection
(mailed October 14, 2004) and examiner's answer (mailed September 6, 2005) for
the examiner's complete reasoning in support of the rejection and to the appellant's
brief (filed June 13, 2005) for the appellant's arguments thereagainst.
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration
to the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied Ramer and Callahan
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