Appeal No. 2001-0243
Application No. 09/001,285
cover 16 in its closed position. As best shown in
FIG. 3, housing 20 is provided with pivotal
extensions 21 at each end pivotally disposed in
suitable sockets in the ends of receptacle 22, which
is embedded within the head restraint. Suitable
wiring 23 extends along the headrest mounting arm 24
for lights 14 operated by switch 15, which may be of
either the manually actuated slide type, or of the
pushbutton type responsive to cover opening and
closing control.
It will be understood that tilting of the mirror
about a horizontal axis to any desired mirror
reflecting, or map reading, angle as illustrated at
25 in FIG. 2, may be accommodated by the pivotal
mounting at 21 [column 2, lines 32 through 52].
The examiner acknowledges that Lobanoff’s head restraint
10 is not movably mounted to the back of seat 11 in the manner
required by independent claims 1, 8 and 13, but nonetheless
concludes that it would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art “to modify the Lobanoff device such that the
headrest pivoted as taught to be old by Lu thereby providing
the obvious advantage of greater angle versatility of the
headrest” (final rejection, page 4).
The only reason given by Lu for the adjustable connection
between backrest 50 and pillow/headrest 60 is to allow the
entertainment devices carried thereby to be conveniently
positioned for use (see, for example, column 1, lines 51
through 54; column 5, lines 19 through 30; and column 5, line
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