DETAILED ACTION
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Election/Restrictions
Non-elected claims 10-21 remain withdrawn from further consideration.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information referred to in the IDS filed April 16, 2026 has been considered.
The information referred to in the IDS filed April 14, 2026 has been considered with the exception of Foreign Patent Documents Cite Nos. 2, 3 and 4, which include publication date errors, and are corrected on the April 14, 2026 IDS.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1, 2, 3, and 9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by DaSilva (US6199949).
Note a base assembly comprising: a base (14); a supporting leg (21); a sliding element (30) telescopically disposed on the base, wherein the supporting leg is pivotally connected to the sliding element and extends (pulled outward away from the Figure 4 position) and retracts (to the Figure 4 position) together with the sliding element; and a traction element (27) capable of being driven by rotation of the supporting leg from an unfolded position (Figure 4) to a folded position (released from 26) to pull the supporting leg to move towards the base. Note that pushing 30 inward from its extended position drives supporting leg (21) to rotate to the Figure 4 position, while also pushing traction element 27 (concurrently with the bias of the traction element pulling the supporting leg) to rotate to the Figure 4 position.
Regarding claim 2, note the traction element is a flexible element (spring).
Regarding claim 3, note the flexible element is a steel wire, a cord (coiled cord), or a webbing. See Figure 4.
Regarding claim 9, note an inner top wall of the base is provided with a fixing column (28), and the first end of the traction element is fixed on the fixing column by a first fastener (hole through 28 which engages 27).
Claim(s) 23 and 25 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by DaSilva (US6199949).
Note a child safety seat (10) for a vehicle comprising: a seat (12) disposed on a base assembly, the base assembly comprising: a base (14); a supporting leg (21); a sliding element (30) telescopically disposed on the base, wherein the supporting leg is pivotally connected to the sliding element and extends (pulled outward away from the Figure 4 position) and retracts (to the Figure 4 position) together with the sliding element; and a traction element (27) capable of being driven by rotation of the supporting leg from an unfolded position (Figure 4) to a folded position (released from 26) to pull the supporting leg to move towards the base. Note that pushing 30 inward from its extended position drives supporting leg (21) to rotate to the Figure 4 position, while also pushing traction element 27 (concurrently with the bias of the traction element pulling the supporting leg) to rotate to the Figure 4 position.
Regarding claim 25, note an accommodating groove (inner cavity of the base) for accommodating the supporting leg is provided on the bottom of the base, and after the supporting leg is folded at the bottom of the base, a lower surface of the supporting leg does not protrude from a bottom surface of the base. See Figure 4.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by GB2106777A.
Note a base assembly comprising: a base (20); a supporting leg (34); a sliding element (30) telescopically disposed on the base, wherein the supporting leg is pivotally connected (at 34a) to the sliding element and extends and retracts (Figures 3-6) together with the sliding element; and a traction element (33) capable of being driven by rotation of the supporting leg from an unfolded position (Figure 2) to a folded position (Figure 1) to pull (by way of element 25) the supporting leg to move towards the base.
Claim(s) 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by DE3409787A1.
Note a base assembly comprising: a base (1); a supporting leg (7); a sliding element (3) telescopically disposed on the base, wherein the supporting leg is pivotally connected (at 9) to the sliding element and extends (Figure 1c) and retracts (Figure 1a) together with the sliding element; and a traction element (6) capable of being driven by rotation of the supporting leg from an unfolded position (Figures 1b-1c) to a folded position (Figure 1a) to pull (by way of spring bias) the supporting leg to move towards the base.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-8, 22 and 24 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Response to Amendment/Arguments
Applicant’s response filed April 22, 2026 has been fully considered. Remaining issues are described above.
DaSilva (US6199949) remains applied to certain of the claims, as amended. Note as detailed above. The rejection under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) details the Examiner’s interpretation of this prior art reference as it corresponds to the claim limitations. Note in particular how the traction element is physically capable of being driven (concurrently with its own spring bias) by rotation of the supporting leg from an unfolded position to a folded position to pull the supporting leg (as the supporting leg pushes) to move towards the base.
Additional prior art has been applied to certain of the claims, as necessitated by amendment.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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mn /MILTON NELSON JR/July 2, 2026 Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3636
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