The Keeper (2009)

The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.

The Keeper (2009)

The featured speaker was Ian Hutton, an island naturalist and conservationist, researcher, ecotourism pioneer, brilliant photographer, and the keeper of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lord Howe Island in the South Pacific.

a base (46) to be mounted on one (24) of said members, a keeper (35) to be attached to the other member (26), a hook arm (40) having an end (45) for engaging said keeper (35), said hook arm (40) being connected to the base (46) so as to be rotatable and translatable with respect to the base (46), and

a first over center linkage (60, 70) including an inner handle (60) and a primary link (70), said linkage (60, 70) being arranged between an end of said hook arm (40) opposite the keeper engaging end (45) thereof and the base (46), for moving the keeper engaging end (45) of the hook arm (40) over a first stroke by pivoting movement of the inner handle (60) in a first direction,

a second over center linkage (75, 78, 80, 100) including an outer handle (100) and a plurality of links (75, 78, 80), said outer handle (100) and one (78) of said links being pivotally connected to said inner handle (60) of said first over center linkage (60, 70), for moving the keeper engaging end (45) of the hook arm (40) over a second stroke by pivoting movement of the outer handle (100) in a second direction opposite the first direction after said first over center linkage (60, 70) has been fixed at the end of the first stroke."

a second over center linkage (75, 78, 80, 100) including an outer handle (100) and a plurality of links (75, 78, 80), said outer handle (100) and one (78) of said links being pivotally connected to said inner handle (60) of said first over center linkage (60, 70), for moving the keeper engaging end (45) of the hook arm (40) over a second stroke by pivoting movement of the outer handle (100) in a second direction opposite the first direction after said first over center linkage (60, 70) has been fixed at the end of the first stroke by said trigger (130)."

forcing a first over center linkage (60, 70) including an inner handle (60) and a primary link (70), said linkage (60,70) being arranged between an end of said hook arm (40) opposite the keeper engaging end (45) thereof and the base (46), to its over center position by pivoting movement of the inner handle (60) in a first direction, thereby moving the keeper engaging end (45) of the hook arm (40) over a first stroke,

center linkage (60, 70) has been fixed at the end of the first stroke by engaging a trigger (130) mounted on the inner handle (60) with said hook arm (40), forcing a second over center linkage (75, 78, 80, 100) including an outer handle (100) and a plurality of links (75, 78, 80), said outer handle (100) and one (78) of said links being pivotally connected to said inner handle (60) of said first over center linkage (60, 70), to its over center position by pivoting movement of the outer handle (100) in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby moving the keeper engaging end of the hook arm (40) over the second stroke."

This feature was disclosed explicitly in the drawings as originally filed and implicitly for the skilled person in the described function. The skilled person reads the application with knowledge of the relevant state of the art and therefore understands in particular that the hook arm must rotate around the bolt mounted on the base in order to engage the keeper whose position is subject to tolerances. In this context it is stated in the application as originally filed that the hook arm is mounted "such that the slot is mounted over the bolt". From figure 9 it can be seen that both the primary link, which is explicitly stated to be pivotably connected to the bolt, and the hook arm have the same relationship to the bolt. The skilled person also knows that, in the absence of alternative provisions, a bolt has a cylindrical surface which when located in a slot will permit relative rotation. If the movement of the hook arm were purely translational it would have been necessary to disclose a corresponding mechanism. The drawings provide explicit support for the skilled person's implicit understanding because it is visible that the hook arm has rotated relative to the adjacent duct between the positions in figures 2 and 5.

The specification in the independent claims of merely the "end" of the hook arm for engagement with the keeper is an inadmissible intermediate generalisation of the original disclosure of a hooked end. No other form of the end was disclosed and the word "additional" in the original description relates to the provision of further means in combination with the hook.

6.2 The above interpretation is consistent with all aspects of the original disclosure, including the drawings. The drawings certainly are merely schematic but a comparison of figures 2 and 6 nevertheless gives clear support for the feature of rotational mounting of the hook arm on the bolt 48. In those figures the bolt is indicated at respective opposite ends of the slot 65 whilst the end of the hook arm engaging the keeper is located at essentially the same distance from the duct. That could result only from rotation of the hook arm. This conclusion does not rely on measuring the drawings because the displacement of the hook arm relative to the base by approximately the length of the slot is many times greater than the essentially unchanged spacing of the end of the hook arm from the duct. The respondents argue that since sliding/translation of the hook arm was explicitly disclosed so also would have been rotation if it were in fact present. The board disagrees with that view because translation is the essential motion for which the latch is employed whereas the rotation merely results from the geometry of the latch design.

7. The respondents object that according to the application as originally filed the keeper engaging "end" of the hook arm comprised a hook and that failure to specify this in claims 1, 5 extends the subject-matter beyond the original disclosure. However, it is specifically stated in page 6, lines 6 to 8 that "while reference is made to a hook, one skilled in the art will know of additional devices which can be used to engage the keeper." It is evident to the skilled person that "additional" in this context is intended to mean 'alternative'.

9. The respondents object also that in claims 1, 5 the links of the first over-centre linkage are merely specified as being "arranged" between the end of the hook arm and the base whereas the original disclosure was of them having a particular relationship. The board's views set out in detail under point 8 above are equally applicable in respect of this objection. The wording "being arranged between an end of said hook arm opposite the keeper engaging end thereof and the base" conveys the essential teaching that the first over-centre linkage acts between the end of the hook arm and the base. The particular details of that over-centre linkage do not extend beyond the knowledge of the skilled person when reading the application as originally filed and their separation from the features now included in the claims therefore do not bring forward any additional teaching.

DECATUR, Ala. - (Final Bracket) No. 2-seed Lee (Tenn.) recorded its fifth-consecutive shutout of the NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship to defeat unseeded Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.), 2-0, in Decatur, Ala. The Lady Flames scored two goals in the first half and played solid defense the rest of the way to win their second consecutive National Championship.Lee (21-2-1) took the early advantage in the 14th minute when senior Marina Lima found Lauren Good in the box. Good sidestepped the Sea Lion keeper Tiffany Kracy to poke the ball in to the net, for a 1-0 lead. Later in the half, National Player of the Year, Christiane Christensen took a long pass through the Point Loma Nazarene defense from sophomore Jamie Achten and beat the keeper with a ball to the far post. Lee carried the 2-0 lead into halftime and shut out Point Loma Nazarene (15-5-4) the rest of the way.Lee head coach Matt Yelton on the Lady Flames back-to-back National Championships. "It puts us in a place in NAIA history. I think only four other teams have ever won back-to-back titles in women's soccer and to be the fifth is something special and puts our program up there with some of the great ones in the NAIA."Point Loma Nazarene out shot the Lady Flames 12-11 on the match and held a 7-3 advantage in shots on goal. The difference in the match was the Lee offense, which put two of those three shots in to the net. Lee's freshman keeper Leah Wilson, who recorded seven saves in the match, held the Sea Lion's offense at bay throughout the match."[Wilson] hasn't given a goal up in the entire tournament, I don't think she has given up a goal in 11 or 12 games," said Yelton. "She has been fantastic for us all season long. [She] comes in for us as a freshman, has a huge responsibility and does the job for us."Lee senior forward Christiane Christensen was named the championship's Most Valuable Player after the match."Chris is a fantastic player and is unlike any other player I have ever had in the history of this program, because she does it all," said Yelton. "She is the most complete player I have ever coached, she can attack, she can set up goals, she can score goals and she defends from the front. In my opinion she is not only the best player in the country, but the hardest working player in the country."Point Loma Nazarene's Kracy and Katie Pedlowe were named to the All-Tournament Team. Lee's All-Tournament Team members were Christensen, Achten, Lima and Linn Christensen.2009 NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship All-Tournament TeamPlayer InstitutionJessica Ramback Concordia (Ore.)Theresa Broad Azusa Pacific (Calif.)Christiane Christensen Lee (Tenn.)Katie Pedlowe Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)Marina Lima Lee (Tenn.)Jamie Achten Lee (Tenn.)Fabiola Zanella da Silva California BaptistLauren Lane Azusa Pacific (Calif.)Linn Christensen Lee (Tenn.)Brittany Orr Concordia (Ore.)Patricia Nielsen Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)Katie Rorabaugh Azusa Pacific (Calif.)Tiffany Kracy Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)Most Valuable Player - Christiane Christensen, Lee (Tenn.)Offensive Most Valuable Player - Jamie Achten, Lee (Tenn.)Defensive Most Valuable Player - Tiffany Kracy, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)Brine-Champion of Character Award Winner - Amanda Rowand, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 041b061a72