Appeal No. 2006-3016
Application No. 10/212,240
I. BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention relates to projection televisions having a flat front
panel that eliminates the need for a bezel frame and reduces assembly complexities
and the number of parts required for the assembly. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary independent claim 1, which
is reproduced as follows:
1. In a projection television assembly comprising a cabinet structure,
a screen assembly including:
a front screen panel having a front face and a rear face, said screen
panel being generally fair with said front face substantially coextensive to
and parallel to said rear face;
a lenticular screen having a front face and a rear face, said front face
being disposed in generally parallel facing relation to said near face of said
screen panel;
a Fresnel screen having a front face disposed in opposed facing
relation to said rear face of said lenticular screen;
a plurality of fasteners projecting rearwardly, directly from said screen
panel, and secured directly to said cabinet structure, thereby to dispose said
lenticular lens and said Fresnel lens between said screen panel and said
cabinet.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Scheve US 4,715,137 Dec. 29, 1987
Yamada US 5,580,145 Dec. 3, 1996
Takiguchi US 5,818,545 Oct. 6, 1998
Mitani US 5,914,809 Jun. 22, 1999
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