Cellular telephone with pivoted keyboard

- Sony Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a frontal perspective view of a cellular telephone with pivoted keyboard showing our new design. In FIG. 1, a pivoting keyboard of our design is partially illustrated in an extended position. The claimed configuration continues up to, but does not include, the illustrated break-line. A sliding microphone arm is illustrated in a retracted position; and,

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of the telephone of FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the pivoting keyboard is again partially illustrated in an extended position. The claimed configuration continues up to, but does not include, the illustrated break-line.

Any surface or portion of the cellular telephone with pivoted keyboard in the drawing or described in the specification forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D421983
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 21, 1998
Date of Patent: Mar 28, 2000
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. Rader, Fishman & Grauer Kananen
Application Number: 0/95,323
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/138
International Classification: 1403;