Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC v. Forest River Inc

Filing 99

REPLY to Response to Motion re 88 MOTION to Compel Production of Documents from Heartland and Baker & Daniels filed by Forest River Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit Ex O - MPEP Section 2001.5, # 2 Exhibit P - Excerpt '817 Patent, # 3 Exhibit Q - Excerpt '979 Patent, # 4 Exhibit R - Excerpt '850 Patent, # 5 Exhibit S - Excerpt Cooper Deposition)(Fountain, Ryan)

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Heartland Recreational Vehicles LLC v. Forest River Inc Doc. 99 Att. 2 case 3:08-cv-00490-TLS-CAN document 99-3 i filed 02/28/10 page 1 of 4 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 I US006983979B2 (12) Rasmussen United States Patent (10) (45) Patent No.: US 6,983,979 B2 Date iof Patent: Jan. 10,2006 I i (54) (75) (73) (*) SYSTEM FOR MOVING BEDS Inventor: C. Martin Rasmussen, Fruit Heights, UT (US) AT 534,756 544,547 A A. i 2/1895 Pearson 8/1895 Pearson I BE CA CA (Continued) Assignee: Happijac Company, Kaysville, UT (US) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.c. 154(b) by 0 days. FORkIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 24607 1009736 ~069225 2 ;351 214 1671 868 1674128 i i A6 Al AS AS CH CH (21) (22) (65) Appl. No.: 10/903,922 Filed: Jul. 31, 2004 Prior Publication Data US 2004/0262946 Al Dec. 30, 2004 I 6/1906 7/1997 1/2001 12/2002 10/1989 5/1990 I (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS Aluminum Boat ~Oist with Stainless Steel Hardware, Owners Manual, 199 '9, 16 pages, Midwest industries, Inc., Ida Grove Iowa. ,j Bed Lift for a Toy Hauler, pictures taken on Jul. 8, 2004, 10 pages (each pag«; is marked "LKNOFF2"), Lippert Components, Inc. i Bed Lift Specs, i960001 Bed Lift System, Dec. 2, 2003, 1 page, Liftco Inc,l Camper Bunk Obtion, 1 page, Northwood Manufacturing. Continuous Vertical Conveyors, Dec. 31, 2001, 5 pages, Omni Metalcraff Corp. Desert Fox lay Hauler, pictures taken on Feb. 26, 2004, 22 pages (each page is marked "LKNOFF1"), Northwood Manufacturing. ;1 Related U.S. Application Data (60) Provisional application No. 60/491,448, filed on Jul. 31, 2003, provisional application No. 60/492,440, filed on Aug. 4, 2003, provisional application No. 60/510,270, filed on Oct. 9, 2003, provisional application No. 60/534,092, filed 011 .Tan. 2, 2004, provisional application No. 60/544,000, filed on Feb. 12, 2004, and provisional application No. 60/560,872, filed on Apr. 9, 2004. (51) Int. Cl. B60P 1/00 U.S. Cl. (2006.01) 296/156; 296/168; 296/190.02; 410/26 (52) (58) Field of Classification Search 296/156, 296/164,168,61,24.33,174,190.02; 414/537, 414/229; 105/317; 5/118, 170, 10.2,10.1, 5/11; 410/26,25 See application file for complete search history. References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 520,760 527,095 533,013 533,031 A A A A 5/1894 10/1894 1/1895 1/1895 Poor Wowra Milligan Breed I . (Continued) & Lardner LLP Primary Exami~r-Kiran B. Patel (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Foley (57) II ABSTRACT (56) A structure is described which may include a bed, a cargo area which is tised to receive an off-road vehicle, and superposed bedsi whicb move vertically between a first configuration where tbe beds are spaced apart in the cargo area and a second configuration where the beds are stowed adj acent to each ;otber. 86 <Claims, 170 Drawing Sheets I ! " ) II r' ." ,. 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I ! ! i wq i rOREIGN PArENT DOCUMENTS DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 81968 1 708 191 1654268 2040 878 2227174 2228 898 2347275 2750276 2923223 2927 166 3225758 3233569 9/1894 10/1955 4/1971 5/1972 i ~)THER PUBLICATIONS Desert Fox TO~ Hauler, Jan. 2004, 13 pages (each page is marked "LSTR"), Northwood Manufacturing. Easy Lift Bed] 2 pages (each page is marked "FRELB"), Forest River, Inc, Installation M.ln~aJ, SS7000, SS7000XLT, SS7000N, Jan. 2002, 56 pages, Eagle Equipment Inc. K-Z Sportster 33SPL, May 6, 2004, 8 pages (each page is marked "KZ33;S~L"), Terry Vaughn RVs, Texas. Reciprocating Vetlical Conveyors, Dec. 31, 2001, 5 pages, Omni Metalcraft .Corp, I' ! * 4/1975 Al Al Al Al A1 5/1979 12/1980 1/1981 1/1984 3/1984 12/1973 111974 l i case 3:08-cv-00490-TLS-CAN document 99-3 I " i filed 02/28/10 page 4 of 4 l i Page 4 US 6~983,979 B2 RTS3688TE Stacker Trailer, 12 pages (each page is mar~~d "RTS3688TE"), Classic Manufacturing Inc. 'I ShoreStation Aluminum V-Frame Hoist, Oct. 9, 2003, 23 pages, Midwest Industries Inc., Ida Grove, Iowa. Tahoe, Nov. 2002, 12 pages, Thor California, Moreno V~lley, California. I I Toy Hauler with Bed Lift, Oct. 10, 2003, 12 pages (each page is marked "MSTR"), Monaco Coach Corporation. Work and Playj DB Model, 1 page, Forest River, Inc. Work and Play; FK Model, 1 page, Forest River, Inc. * cited by examiner

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