Appeal No. 1999-2809
Application No. 08/155,946
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a cabinet structure having
improved strength and sound absorption, wherein said cabinet
structure includes a top piece (10), a bottom piece (8), side
walls (4) and a rear wall (6). At least one of the walls
includes an outer wall (14 or 20) attached to an inner wall (12
or 18) to define a cavity therebetween. The cavity includes at
least one strengthening element (16) having a pattern of
apertures facing the inner and outer walls and positioned between
the inner wall and the outer wall in the cavity and having a
thickness so as to contact the inner wall and the outer wall,
wherein the pattern of apertures comprises a plurality of
interconnected columns having two or more vertically aligned
apertures and no two abutting apertures of adjacent columns form
a horizontal row.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting claims 1, 3-12, 14-16, 18-21, 23-25, 55-90,
92-95, 97-99, 101-103, 105 and 106 are:
Wilkins 3,295,279 Jan. 3, 1967
Blodee et al. (Blodee) 4,338,990 Jul. 13, 1982
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