Radiotelephone face

- Ericsson Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the radiotelephone face showing my design illustrated in the environment of a radiotelephone;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof shown without environmental subject matter superimposed thereon;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of my design for the radiotelephone face illustrating that the face comprises two major contrasting tactile surface portions, the first represented by the stipple marked surface and the second by the white surface;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view thereof shown without environmental subject matter superimposed thereon;

FIG. 10 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of my radiotelephone face design illustrating an additional contrast material segment positioned in the top portion of the radiotelephone face;

FIG. 16 is a perspective view thereof shown without environmental subject matter superimposed thereon;

FIG. 17 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 19 is a side view thereof.

The opposing side views of the design shown in the figures are the same as the side views illustrated.

The broken lines that join the solid line edges around the periphery of the radiotelephone face define, but are not included in, the boundaries of the claimed design.

The contrasting surface treatments shown in the second and third embodiments represent both contrasting texture and contrasting color.

The broken lines shown herein are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D429241
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 8, 1999
Date of Patent: Aug 8, 2000
Assignee: Ericsson Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Inventor: Christopher T. Collins (Cary, NC)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Law Firm: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
Application Number: 0/100,278
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Handset (23) (D14/248); D14/138
International Classification: 1403;