Appeal No. 2001-0243
Application No. 09/001,285
13, require the lamp assembly to be part of the headrest.
There is simply nothing in the combined teachings of Lu and
Takeichi which would have suggested positioning a lamp assembly
of the sort disclosed by Takeichi on Lu’s pillow/headrest 60,
either in conjunction with or in lieu of Lu’s TV set 72.
Hence, we shall not sustain the standing 35 U.S.C. §
103(a) rejection of claims 5, 6, 12, 15 and 16 as being
unpatentable over Lu in view of Takeichi.
III. The 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) rejection of claims 1 through 20 as
being unpatentable over Lobanoff in view of Lu
Lobanoff discloses a vanity mirror and reading light
assembly for mounting on the rear side of a head restraint for
a vehicle seat. In general, each light assembly includes a
lens 112, a reflector 114, a bulb socket/reflector 116, and a
conventional bulb 118 (see Figure 8 and column 4, lines 5
through 17). As described by Lobanoff with reference to
Figures 1 through 3,
there is illustrated a head restraint 10 mounted on
the top of a vehicle front seat 11 and incorporating
a lighted vanity mirror assembly 12 comprising an
open plastic receptacle 22 in which is disposed a
mirror housing 20 supporting a mirror 13, side lights
14, a light switch 15 and a cover 16 having a fabric
hinge 17 and hook-and-loop strips 18. Mating hook-
and-loop elements 19 disposed on receptacle 22 retain
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