Telephone answering instrument

- AT&T
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Description

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

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof; the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIGS. 4 and 5 are respectively left and right side elevational views thereof.

The broken line showing of operative control units in FIGS. 1-5 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D321348
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 14, 1990
Date of Patent: Nov 5, 1991
Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ)
Inventors: Daniel K. Harden (San Jose, CA), John B. Havener (Fountaintown, IN)
Primary Examiner: Horace B. Fay, Jr.
Attorney: Michael A. Morra
Application Number: 7/583,769