JQuery.param chokes on kendo.observable

While trying to invoke .param method on an instance of kendo.observable, js error occurs

by seamuskc

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
Params 1 (Works):<div id="p1"></div>
Params 2 (Broken):<div id="p2"></div>

JavaScript

// Works fine for regular object literal
var params1 = $.param({name:"John", age:"33"});
$('#p1').html(params1);


var params2 = kendo.observable({name:"John", age:"33"});
try {
    // .param method chokes while trying to convert observable
    $('#p2').html($.param(params2));
} catch(e) {
    $('#p2').html(e.message);
}