Combination telephone handset and connector
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FIG. 1 is a right side elevational view of a combination telephone handset and connector showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged left side elevational view of the telephone handset shown independently;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged rear elevational view of the handset of FIG. 2 taken in the direction of the arrow III in FIG. 4;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged right side elevational view of the handset shown independently;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged front elevational view of the handset shown independently;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the handset taken in the direction of arrow VI of FIG. 4;
FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view of a second embodiment thereof as shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view of a second embodiment of the handset shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view of a second embodiment of the handset shown in FIG. 3 taken in the direction of arrow IX of FIG. 10;
FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view of a second embodiment of the handset of FIG. 4;
FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of the second embodiment thereof taken in the direction of arrow XI of FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is a fragmentary view of a second embodiment thereof taken in the direction of arrow XII of FIG. 10;
FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view of a third embodiment thereof as shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view of the third embodiment of the handset as shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 15 is a rear elevational view of the third embodiment of the handset as shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 16 is a right side elevational view of the third embodiment of the handset shown in FIG. 4; and
FIG. 17 is a front elevational view of the third embodiment of the handset shown in FIG. 5.
The sundry supplementary views of the three combination embodiments shown in FIGS. 1, 7 and 13 show the handset, connector and cord independently and/or in fragmentary form for ease of illustration and clarity of representation.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 5, 1984
Date of Patent: Nov 25, 1986
Assignee: Racal Acoustics Limited (Wembley)
Inventor: David Powell (London)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Horace B. Fay
Law Firm: Scrivener Clarke Scrivener and Johnson
Application Number: 6/627,690
