Appeal No. 2001-0243
Application No. 09/001,285
pointed out by the examiner, the ordinary and accustomed
definition of the term “lamp” is quite broad. For example,
Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (G. & C. Merriam Co. 1977)
defines “lamp” as meaning “any of various devices for producing
light or heat.” This definition is entirely consistent with
the appellant’s specification and is certainly met by Lu’s TV
set 72.
The appellant also argues that Lu fails to meet the
limitation in claim 13 requiring a “pivot mount” for moving the
headrest from a first position generally co-planar with the
back of the seat for directing illumination toward an area
behind the headrest to a second position for directing
illumination onto the rear surface of the back of the seat. As
explained above, however, Lu’s TV set 72 is mounted in a
pillow/headrest 60 which is pivotable through an angle of ± 90
degrees with respect to the plane of its backrest. It is not
apparent, nor has the appellant cogently explained, why a TV
set so mounted does not constitute a light source which is
inherently capable of directing illumination in the manner
recited in claim 13, as well as in claim 8, depending on the
orientation of the headrest.
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