Appeal No. 2001-1280
Application No. 07/977,163
small, flat mirror 6 attached to the mirror 5 by a wedge-shaped
block of pressure sensitive adhesive material 7.
Weureither (Figure 7) discloses a rearview mirror
arrangement very similar to that of Lawson comprising a first
rearview mirror (surface 19) and a second mirror 27 supported on
the first mirror by a wedge-shaped member 18 and double-sided
adhesive strips. Weureither does not designate either of the
mirrors as principal or blind-spot but, rather, points out that
the two mirrors provide two fields of view to the driver
(translation, page 8). The rearview mirror as illustrated in
Figure 7 is disposed on the driver's side of the vehicle
(translation, page 8). Weureither further discloses, as
illustrated in Figure 8 and discussed on page 9 of the
translation, a rearview mirror disposed on the side of the
vehicle opposite the driver's side (i.e., the passenger's side).
The only difference between this mirror assembly and the assembly
of Figure 7 is that the wedge angle between the two mirrors is
smaller in Figure 8.
We recognize, as appellant has, that the mirror 6 is
described by Lawson as the "blind-spot" mirror. This is in
contrast to appellant's claim 16, which recites that the
conventional mirror serves as a "blind-spot mirror" and the
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