Telephone handset or similar article

- General Electric
Description

FIG. 1 is a right side, rear and bottom perspective view of a telephone handset or similar article showing my new design with a control unit therefor shown in broken lines;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIGS. 7 and 6 are respectively top and bottom plan views thereof.

The broken line showing of a control unit in FIG. 1, two rectangular display panels in FIG. 3, and four circles in FIG. 3 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D297840
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 13, 1987
Date of Patent: Sep 27, 1988
Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Inventor: Douglas M. Dickson (Lynchburg, VA)
Primary Examiner: Horace B. Fay
Attorney: Robert C. Lampe, Jr.
Application Number: 7/38,270
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/63; D14/64; D14/52