Telephone handset or similar article

- AT&T
Description

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

FIG. 2 is a top, rear and left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front end, bottom and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof, the side opposite being essentially a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIGS. 8 and 9 are respectively front and rear elevational views thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top, rear and right side elevational view of the handset et al with the slidable panel partially entered outwardly; and,

FIG. 11 is a rear end as in FIG. 10, right side elevational view thereof.

The broken line showing of touch buttons, display areas keyboard and bottom end in FIGS. 3, 5, 6, 7, and 11, and in handset telephone front end unit in FIG. 1, is for illustrative environmental purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D332610
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 22, 1991
Date of Patent: Jan 19, 1993
Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ)
Inventors: Sonia Alim (Middletown, NJ), Richard M. Joffe (Teaneck, NJ), Charles F. Liebler (Holmdel, NJ), John N. McGarvey (Drexel Hill, PA), Joseph J. Rizzo (Cliffwood Beach, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Horace B. Fay, Jr.
Attorney: S. R. Williamson
Application Number: 7/674,721