Telephone face plate with an integrated coin slot protector
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing my new design of a telephone face plate having an integrated coin slot protector with a coin entry on the right side, wherein the subject matter of a telephone drawn in dashed lines is environmental structure that forms no part of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a left, side-elevational view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a right, side-elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a fragmentary, perspective view detailing the coin entry on the right side;
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of the telephone face plate having the coin entry on the left side, wherein the subject matter of a telephone drawn in dashed lines is environmental structure that forms no part of the invention;
FIG. 7 is a left, side-elevational view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a right, side-elevational view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 10 is a fragmentary, perspective view detailing the coin entry on the left side; and,
FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view thereof.
The bottom plan views for each embodiment are mirror images of the top plan views in FIGS. 4 and 9 respectively. The rear view, FIG. 11, is the same for both embodiments.
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 4, 1998
Date of Patent: Jun 22, 1999
Inventor: W. Thomas McClellan (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorneys: Herbert L. Lerner, Laurence A. Greenberg
Application Number: 0/93,196