Telephone answering machine with handset

Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a telephone answering machine with handset showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom, front and right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top perspective view of the handset;

FIG. 5 is a bottom perspective view of the handset; and

FIG. 6 is a front, top and right side perspective view thereof with the handset displaced to the left of the machine proper.

The truncated showing of the cord in FIGS. 4 and 5 is for ease of illustration.

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Patent History
Patent number: D279372
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 1, 1982
Date of Patent: Jun 25, 1985
Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (Osaka)
Inventors: Haruo Baba (Kanagawa), Teisuke Kurosu (Tokyo), Fumiharu Ohta (Kanagawa), Kazumasa Takenaka (Kanagawa), Satoshi Watanabe (Kanagawa)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Horace B. Fay
Law Firm: Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak, and Seas
Application Number: 6/438,231
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/52; D14/4; D14/63