Appeal No. 1997-0500
Application 08/404,704
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-31, which constitute all
the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to an arrangement on
an instrument panel of an instrument gauge and a bezel means.
More particularly, the bezel means has first and second
retention means attached to fingers which extend rearwardly of
the bezel means. The retention means can be positioned so
that in one position the bezel can be removed by itself
whereas in the other position the instrument gauge is removed
along with the bezel.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In combination:
A) an instrument panel having an aperture that extends
axially in said instrument panel and that is bounded by a
marginal edge portion of said instrument panel that is
disposed peripherally about said aperture;
B) an instrument gauge that comprises:
l) electrical input terminal means for receiving an
electrical input signal that represents the value of an
input to said gauge; and
2) a front display at which said gauge presents the
value of such an electrical input signal;
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