Appeal 2007-2061
Application 10/319,429
a plastic layer comprising a plastic foamed onto the inner side of the
firm outer skin;
a reinforcing layer foamed onto a side of the plastic layer opposite
from the firm outer skin; and
a spacer comprising a foam plastic having an open cell structure
between the reinforcing layer and the inner side of the firm outer skin, the
spacer being at least partially penetrated by the plastic of the plastic layer
and maintaining a space between the reinforcing layer and the inner side of
the firm outer skin and extending across a selected distance between the
inner side of the firm outer skin and the reinforcing layer, the plastic layer
filling the space between the inner side of the firm outer skin and the
reinforcing layer.
The Examiner relies upon the following references in the rejection of
the appealed claims:
Hashimoto US 3,738,675 Jun. 12, 1973
Alfter US 4,020,207 Apr. 26, 1977
Fukahori US 4,461,796 Jul. 24, 1984
Lutz US 4,626,023 Dec. 2, 1986
Maeda US 4,957,797 Sep. 18, 1990
Konig US 5,219,893 Jun. 15, 1993
Welich US 5,437,919 Aug. 1, 1995
Juriga US 5,565,269 Oct. 15, 1996
Lenkens (EP ‘138) EP 0,899,138 Mar. 3, 1999
Kralik US 2002/0021027 A1 Feb. 21, 2002
Appellant’s claimed invention is directed to a composite component
for an automotive vehicle body. The composite comprises a firm outer skin
having an outer side that defines an exterior automotive vehicle body
surface, a plastic layer formed on the inner side of the outer skin, a
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