Business card scanner

- Seiko Epson Corp.
Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of the inventive design for a business card scanner;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the inventive design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the inventive design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the inventive design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the inventive design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of the inventive design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 taken along the lines 77 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with a cover of the business card scanner closed, on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with a cover of the business card scanner open, on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with the cover open;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with the cover open;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with the cover open;

FIG. 13 is a left side view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with the cover open;

FIG. 14 is a right side view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with the cover open; and,

FIG. 15 is a rear view of the inventive design of FIG. 1 with the cover open.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D342492 December 21, 1993 Wang
D348059 June 21, 1994 Chen
D350950 September 27, 1994 Liu
D352705 November 22, 1994 Shalvi
5113060 May 12, 1992 Wike, Jr. et al.
Other references
  • "Hyperelectronic Management Notebook PV-F1" published by Sharp Corp., Apr. 1993. "Card Reader PV-BR1" published by Sharp Corp., Apr. 1993. "SCANEO" (Card reader NR-1000), Jul. 1991. Satz, "Electronic Card File Image Brain NS-IB1", Feb. 1991.
Patent History
Patent number: D368255
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 24, 1993
Date of Patent: Mar 26, 1996
Assignees: Seiko Epson Corp. (Nagano), Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka)
Inventors: Kazunari Sasaki (Nagano), Hironori Shirakura (Fukuoka)
Primary Examiner: M. H. Tung
Law Firm: Oliff & Berridge
Application Number: 0/13,451
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/107