Appeal No. 95-3109
Application 08/043,113
“grille” and the rear parcel shelf or “support member”
are covered by a decorative carpet (column 9, lines 11-
17) “cloth” for providing a pleasant appearance to the
interior of the vehicle compartment or in another word,
preventing the “grille” and “support member” from being
exposed within the vehicle compartment.
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art at the time the invention was made to
provide the embodiment of Fig. 18 of Yanagishima et al.
with a decorative carpet or “cloth” for covering the
“grille” and “support member” as taught by Yanagishima
et al. in the embodiment of Fig. 21 for the purpose of
providing a pleasant appearance to the interior of the
vehicle compartment or in another word, preventing the
“grille” and “support member” from being exposed with
the vehicle compartment.
Like the examiner, we find the Figures 17-18 embodiment of
Yanagishima to disclose a vehicle body 103 defining in part a
passenger compartment and supporting a loudspeaker 114, a support
member 100 on the vehicle body overlying the loudspeaker and
having an opening 120 therein aligned with the loudspeaker, and a
discrete acoustically transparent grille 121-122 extending across
the opening in the support member. Accordingly, we are in accord
with the examiner that the Figures 17-18 embodiment corresponds
to the subject matter of independent claim 1, for example, except
for a trim cloth covering the grille to conceal its finish and at
least a portion of the support member. We also appreciate that
in the Figures 19-21 embodiment of Yanagishima, element 124
constitutes a grille member covered with a decorative lining 126
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