Appeal No. 95-3109
Application 08/043,113
Appellant’s invention pertains to a grille assembly in
combination with a vehicle body and a loudspeaker (claims 1-7), a
grille assembly for mounting a loudspeaker to a vehicle body
(claims 11-17), and a method of mounting a loudspeaker in a
vehicle body (claims 18-20). Independent claim 1 is illustrative
of the appealed subject matter and reads as follows:
1. In combination with a vehicle body defining in part a
passenger compartment and supporting a loudspeaker, a grille
assembly for directing sound from the loudspeaker into the
passenger compartment, the grille assembly comprising:
a support member on the vehicle body overlying the
loudspeaker and having an opening therein aligned with the
loudspeaker so that sound from the loudspeaker is directed
through the opening;
a discrete acoustically transparent grille extending across
the opening in the support member; and
a trim cloth covering the grille to conceal its finish and
at least a portion of the support member so that the grille
cannot be seen from within the passenger compartment;
wherein sound from the loudspeaker passes through the
opening in the support member and the grille as it is directed to
the passenger compartment.
The examiner relies upon the following references as
evidence of obviousness in support of the rejections:
Yanagishima et al. 4,514,599 Apr. 30, 1985
(Yanagishima)
Skrzycki 4,853,966 Aug. 1, 1989
Smith 4,974,698 Dec. 4, 1990
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