Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
mounted to the side of the user's head and requires horizontal
rotation to view in front of the user, although the location
of appellants' camera is not claimed. The examiner has failed
to establish a prima facie case of obviousness for the
horizontal rotation limitation. The rejection of claim 7 is
reversed.
Claims 3-5, 9, and 17 -- Hanson, Coombs, and admitted prior
art
Claim 3 recites that the helmet comprises an outer hard
shell and a removable inner deformable cap and that the camera
and display are mounted to the removable inner cap. Hanson
discloses that the camera/display system can be used in a fire
fighting environment (col. 15, line 39). Coombs discloses a
fire fighter's helmet with a removable inner deformable cap.
One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to
use a known fire helmet such as Coombs in adapting the
camera/display system of Hanson to a fire fighting
environment. Hanson discloses that a camera and display may
be mounted to a face frame, which attaches to the head with an
adjustable strap 98 underneath the helmet 40. Hanson also
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