Large button telephone

Description

FIG. 1 is a side, top end and front perspective view of a large button telephone showing my new design, with the handset shown mounted upon the base, with a portion of the cord being shown in broken lines for convenience of illustration, and with the cord being omitted in the remaining figures for the sake of clarity and facility of illustration;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged scale top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the side thereof opposite to that shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom elevational view thereof opposite to the top end shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the side thereof shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 7 is an inverted elevational view of the top end thereof.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D247492 March 14, 1978 Schiffman
D256234 August 5, 1980 Fukushima
D275669 September 25, 1984 Genaro et al.
D276338 November 13, 1984 Pardo
D277002 January 1, 1985 Genaro et al.
3517637 June 1970 Kaiser
4142312 March 6, 1979 Stokes
4243846 January 6, 1981 Lenaerts et al.
4386245 May 31, 1983 Nimura et al.
Foreign Patent Documents
2221249 August 1980 DEX
Other references
  • Western Electric Design Line, "Big Button" phone. Western Electric Technical Digest, No. 67, Jul. 1982; Article by Tolman et al., entitled "Keyboard", pp. 23-24. Japanese paper, entitled "New Pushbutton Dial for 601P Telephone Set"; pp. 1085-1101; Dial Switch at p. 1087. Sears, Spring Summer Cat. 1979; GTE "Style Line" phones shown in upper center display p. 570.
Patent History
Patent number: D281243
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 25, 1983
Date of Patent: Nov 5, 1985
Inventor: Kenneth Reichenstein (Floral Park, NY)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Horace B. Fay
Attorney: Erwin S. Teltscher
Application Number: 6/516,595
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/53; D14/60; D14/62; D14/56