Telephone answering machine

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Description

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

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

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

FIG. 4 is a bottom, rear and right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view corresponding to that of FIG. 1 with the removable hand set detached from the machine proper;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the hand set of FIG. 5 from the opposite end thereof; and

FIG. 7 is a perspective of the hand set of FIG. 6 upended.

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  • AT&T Brochure "NOMAD" 400 Cordless Telephone SLN-303A, Published December 1982. Home Entertainment Qtly. Winter 1983, p. 33; "Phone-Mate", IQ 1121, Cordless Telephone. Markline Catalog, Fall 1982, p. 49; "Extend-A-Phone" 4000-Handset Phone & Base Speaker-Phone. Hong-Kong Enterprize Catalog, vol. 10, 1982, pp. 290, 291, Model 520, Basic Cordless Stand and Models 101 and 112 Handsets. Best Products Catalog 1983-1984, Panasonic Model 142719TA, Item 10, p. 332.
Patent History
Patent number: D284467
Type: Grant
Filed: May 9, 1983
Date of Patent: Jul 1, 1986
Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (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 & Seas
Application Number: 6/492,758
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/52; D14/64; D14/60; D14/63; D14/4