Personal communications receiving device with hinged display screen

Description

FIG. 1 is a reduced perspective view of a personal communications receiving device with hinged display screen showing one embodiemnt of my new design with the cover closed;

FIG. 2 is a reduced perspective view thereof with the cover open to reveal the hinged display screen on the underside of the cover;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof with the cover closed, as in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side elevational view thereof, as in FIG. 7, with the cover opened;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof with the cover closed, as in FIGS. 1 and 7;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view thereof as in FIG. 9, with the cover opened;

FIG. 11 is a reduced perspective view as seen in FIG. 1 of an alternative embodiment of my new design with the cover closed and the only difference is in the appearance of the cover;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view as in FIG. 3 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a reduced perspective view as in FIGS. 1 and 11 of another alternative embodiment of my new design with the cover closed and the only difference is in the appearance of the cover; and,

FIG. 14 is a top plan view as in FIGS. 3 and 12 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 13.

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Patent History
Patent number: D360621
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 20, 1994
Date of Patent: Jul 25, 1995
Assignees: Sharp Microelectronics Technology, Inc. (Camas, WA), Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka)
Inventor: Mark Schoening (Portland, OR)
Primary Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Attorney: David C. Ripma
Application Number: 0/21,612
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/100