Illuminated telephone dial
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an illuminated telephone dial showing my new design and showing the telephone dial with lights to the side of the pushbuttons as positioned on a telephone but with the telephone forming no part of my design;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of a first embodiment of the telephone dial of my design;
FIG. 3 is a side edge view of the embodiment of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a front edge view of the embodiment of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of the telephone dial with lights to the side of the pushbuttons of my design.
FIG. 6 is a third embodiment of the telephone dial with lights to the side of the pushbuttons of my design; and
FIG. 7 is a fourth embodiment of the telephone dial with lights to the side of the pushbuttons of my design.
The characteristic feature of my design resides in the light elements oriented on both sides of the pushbuttons in combination with a telephone dial.
The broken lines representing the telephone are shown for illustrative purposes only.
| D197067 | December 1963 | Dreyfuss |
| D222142 | October 1971 | Barr |
| 3205318 | September 1965 | Bilek |
| 3345769 | October 1967 | Nathan |
| 3480743 | November 1969 | Engh et al. |
| 3523163 | April 1970 | Andren |
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- Popular Mechanics, May 1955, pp. 151-153, How They Print for the Blind.
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 1, 1976
Date of Patent: Nov 8, 1977
Inventor: John R. Scantlin (Los Angeles, CA)
Primary Examiner: Bernard Ansher
Attorney: Charles H. Schwartz
Application Number: 5/691,238
International Classification: D1403;
