Combined handset and base telephone set

- GTE Communication
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above of the top front and one side of a combined handset and base telephone set showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from below of the underside of the handset component thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the handset and base in cradle assembly;

FIGS. 4 and 6 are respectively front and rear and elevational views on an enlarged scale; and

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view thereof on an enlarged scale, the side opposite being a mirror image of the side shown.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D189877 March 1961 Mosing
D216427 January 1970 Dreyfuss et al.
D254435 March 11, 1980 Ferron
D257977 January 20, 1981 Blomberg
D259260 May 19, 1981 Blomberg
D262255 December 15, 1981 Murawski
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Other references
  • Best Catalog 1983-1984, GE "Hotline" Memory Phone Model 2-9250, item 4, p. 338. B. A. Pargh Inc. Cat. .COPYRGT.1983; at p. 24, Sanyo, Model TH1015 Handset. Master Handbook of Telephones by R. G. Traisten .COPYRGT.1981 at p. 129, FIG. 5-20: "Phone-Mate" 926.
Patent History
Patent number: D285790
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 9, 1984
Date of Patent: Sep 23, 1986
Assignee: GTE Communication (Northlake, IL)
Inventors: Michael A. Harrison (Newport Beach, CA), William R. Story (Mission Viejo, CA)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Horace B. Fay
Attorney: Gregory G. Hendricks
Application Number: 6/597,979
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/53; D14/63; D14/64