Housing for an automatic dialing telephone set or similar article

- AT&T
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of housing for an automatic dialing telephone set or similar article showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view of the ornamental design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the ornamental design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a side view thereof; and

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary top plan view of a second embodiment of the design as shown in FIG. 1, the only difference being the inclusion of the grill.

The matter shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 7 is for illustrative purposes only.

Referenced Cited
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Other references
  • Bell Labs Record 4-1981 "Touch-A-Matic"-automatic dialer, p. 121. Popular Electronics, Feb. 1982, New Telephone Devices, Auto-Redial, coverpage and p. 51, Zoom Demon Dialer & Others. "Dialaphone" Booklet, J. Kelbung Corp. 3rd Great Stop in Telephoning, Picture of Dialaphone.
Patent History
Patent number: D279288
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 20, 1982
Date of Patent: Jun 18, 1985
Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ)
Inventors: Arlan K. Andrews, Sr. (Indianapolis, IN), Francis S. Doyle (Oaklandon, IN), John N. McGarvey (Drexel Hill, PA)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Horace B. Fay
Attorney: Harry L. Newman
Application Number: 6/450,969
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/52; D14/53