Combined handset telephone and telephone answering instrument or similar article
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FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of a combined handset telephone and telephone answering instrument showing our new design in cradled posture;
FIG. 2 is a rear elevatiional view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof with the handset telephone unit removed;
FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the answering instrument with the handset unit removed;
FIG. 6 is a right side view of the instrument elevational shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the combined instrument shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the handset instrument unit thereof;
FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the unit showing in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of the handset telephone unit;
FIG. 11 is an end elevational view of the handset telephone; and
FIG. 12 is an elevational view of the other end of the handset telephone unit shown in FIG. 8.
The coiled electric cord shown in FIG. 1 is omitted in the other eleven figures for facility of clarification and illustration.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 19, 1990
Date of Patent: Mar 17, 1992
Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN)
Inventors: Paul J. Klucznik (Fayetteville, NY), Paul B. Ocepek (Syracuse, NY)
Primary Examiner: Horace B. Fay, Jr.
Attorney: Scott J. Stevens
Application Number: 7/631,077