Application of George H. Phillips, Jr

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of application Ser. No. 56, 274, filed June 8, 1959, for a design patent on a “Telephone Booth.”

The useful article of manufacture embodying the claimed design is an acoustical wall booth of the open-front, four-sided type which, in use, is attached to a wall to receive a pay telephone or the like. The sides are attached to a back which is fixed on the wall, the back, sides, and top being covered with some uniformly perforated acoustical material. The bottom serves to hold a ’phone book.…