Cellular telephone with extendible keyboard

- Sony Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cellular telephone with an extendible 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,

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of FIG. 7 with the keyboard extended.

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D326452 May 26, 1992 Roegner
D327059 June 16, 1992 Chu et al.
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D375951 November 26, 1996 Birmanns
5151946 September 29, 1992 Martensson
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Patent History
Patent number: D409601
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 14, 1998
Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
Assignees: Sony Corporation (Tokyo), Sony Electronics, Inc. (Park Ridge, NJ)
Inventors: James E. Wicks (San Francisco, CA), Eduardo Sciammarella (Hoboken, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorney: Ronald P. Rader, Fishman & Grauer Kananen
Application Number: 0/94,985
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/138
International Classification: 1403;