Telephone handset and cradle unit

- Hughes Aircraft Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a telephone handset and cradle unit showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of an alternate configuration of that shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the handset, same having been removed from the cradle for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the cradle of the first configuration, same being shown without the handset for convenience of illustration;

FIg. 9 is a side elevational view, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of the cradle of the second configuration;

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view;

FIG. 13 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the telephone handset and cradle unit in the configuration of FIG. 1.

In the second configuration the receptacle portion of the cradle has been rotated to an alternate position for use.

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U.S. Patent Documents
D291564 August 25, 1987 Kajita
D298829 December 6, 1988 Watanabe
D304830 November 28, 1989 Sutoh
D305232 December 26, 1989 Sutoh
D305652 January 23, 1990 Tejima
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Patent History
Patent number: D352282
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 14, 1992
Date of Patent: Nov 8, 1994
Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (Los Angeles, CA)
Inventors: Alex Toh (San Diego, CA), James J. Lorenz (San Diego, CA), Kenneth A. Bloch (San Diego, CA), David J. McDowell (La Jolla, CA), William R. Story (Irvine, CA), Robert P. Mayercheck (Irvine, CA)
Primary Examiner: Nelson C. Holtje
Assistant Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorneys: Gordon R. Lindeen, III, William J. Streeter, Wanda K. Denson-Low
Application Number: 7/837,425