Housing for a portable cellular handset telephone or a similar article

- Motorola, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a housing for a portable cellular handset telephone or similar article showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof; and

FIG. 5 is a rear, top and left side perspective view, the right side being a mirror image, of a second embodiment of the same inventive concept disclosed in full lines in FIGS. 1-4. The sole difference between the embodiments being the addition of a battery pack or similar article integrally mounted to and below the bottom of the housing of the handset telephone, it being understood that a perspective view taken 180.degree. from FIG. 5 would be the same as shown in FIG. 1, except for the battery pack.

The broken line showing of a broken line keyboard area showing in FIG. 1 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D306163
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 6, 1989
Date of Patent: Feb 20, 1990
Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL)
Inventors: Leonid Soren (Lincolnwood, IL), Albert L. Nagele (Wilmette, IL)
Primary Examiner: Horace B. Fay, Jr.
Attorney: Rolland R. Hackbart
Application Number: 7/334,011