Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
discloses in figures 10 and 11 that a display 104 can be
mounted to headgear 102 which is worn under the helmet. In
our opinion, one of ordinary skill in the art seeking to mount
the camera/display system of Hanson to a fire fighter's helmet
as shown in Coombs would have been motivated to attach the
camera/display system to the inner removable cap part of the
helmet because of the similarity to mounting with a strap or
to headgear taught by Hanson.
Appellants argue that "Coombs . . . neither teaches nor
suggests a thermal imaging system including an infrared sensor
camera" (Br23). The rejection relies on Hanson for the
camera. Appellants argue that "nowhere in the combined
disclosures of Hanson and Coombs will one of ordinary skill in
the art find teaching or suggestion of mounting an infrared
camera under the brim of either the helmet of either Hanson or
Coombs so as to reside in an envelope of reduced heat and
would find neither teaching nor suggestion of mounting an
infrared camera on the Coombs inner deformable cap" (Br23-24).
It has been discussed with respect to claim 1 why Hanson
teaches mounting a camera under the brim of a helmet in an
envelope of reduced heat. As to mounting the camera/display
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