Cellular telephone with fold-out keyboard

- Sony Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cellular telephone with a fold-out keyboard according to our new design in its closed position;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the cellular telephone of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the cellular telephone of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top view of the cellular telephone of FIG. 1 taken from the rear view;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the cellular telephone of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the cellular telephone of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the cellular telephone of FIG. 1 with the fold-out keyboard in its extended position and its microphone extended;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 9 is a right side view of the keyboard of FIG. 7.

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Patent History
Patent number: D406587
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 6, 1998
Date of Patent: Mar 9, 1999
Assignees: Sony Corporation (Tokyo), Sony Electronics, Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ)
Inventors: James E. Wicks (San Francisco, CA), Yutaka Hasegawa (Edgewater, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorney: Ronald P. Kananen
Application Number: 0/86,822
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/138
International Classification: 1403;