Interactive display controller and telephone handset unit

- Sony Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a top and left perspective views, on a reduced scale, of an interactive display controller and telephone handset unit showing our new design after being installed in an environment;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the interactive display controller and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the interactive display controller and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left elevational view of the interactive display controller and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the interactive display controller and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the interactive display controller and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the interactive display controller and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the interactive display controler and telephone handset unit of FIG. 1, featuring the top, left and front perspective views of the passenger control handset upon removal from the handset compartment; and,

FIG. 9 is top, right and rear perspective views of the passenger control handset in FIG. 8;.

The handset compartment has been omitted from FIG. 9 for convenience of illustration.

The broken line showings of enviornment in FIG. 1, a telephone cord in FIGS. 1, 2, 8, and 9, and the placement indication arrow in FIG. 8 are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D389143
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 25, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 13, 1998
Assignees: Sony Corporation (Tokyo), Sony Trans Com Inc. (Irvine, CA)
Inventor: James E. Wicks (Tarrytown, NY)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Law Firm: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman
Application Number: 0/55,737