Appeal No. 96-0280
Application 08/032,241
a stationary housing member which houses a surveillance
television camera therein, the housing member having a front wall
provided with a window which is paned with a glass filter through
which the surveillance television camera receives light rays
representing the scene of a surveillance zone, the housing member
having a flange portion formed at a base portion thereof, the
flange portion being arranged to seat against and to be fastened
to a fixed structure; and
a single-piece covering member which completely encloses the
housing member, the covering member having a front wall provided
with an opening which is disposed immediately adjacent to the
window of the housing member when the covering member is disposed
on the housing member, the covering member covering the housing
member so that outer side edges of the flange portion are enclosed
and edge portions of an open end portion of the covering member
immediately juxtapose the fixed structure in a manner whereby the
housing member is totally concealed and the covering member seats
flush against the fixed structure.
The reference relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness is:
Stiepel et al. (Stiepel) 5,223,872 Jun. 29,
1993 The appealed claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over Stiepel.
The respective positions of the examiner and the appellants
with regard to the propriety of these rejections are set forth in
the final rejection (Paper No. 9) and the examiner's answer (Paper
No. 16) and the appellants’ brief (Paper No. 15) and reply brief
(Paper No. 17).
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