Telephone base unit

- Cisco Technology, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a telephone base unit in accordance with the present design, shown with its rear support leg deployed such as for use on a tabletop, wherein the broken line showing of a telephone handset installed in a cradle is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a second perspective view thereof, wherein the broken line showing of a telephone handset removed from its cradle is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view of the telephone base unit of the present design illustrated in FIG. 1 with the rear leg retracted in a wall-mount position, and the telephone base unit or similar article oriented in a vertical position;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the telephone base unit in accordance with the present design shown with its rear leg deployed, wherein the broken line showing of a telephone handset removed from its cradle is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 12 shows a rear perspective view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 shows a right side elevational view of the telephone base unit of the present design illustrated in FIG. 11 with the rear leg retracted in a wall-mount position, and the telephone base unit or similar article oriented in a vertical position;

FIG. 14 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a front elevational view of FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 13, the other views being identical to those shown in FIGS. 9 and 10;

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a third embodiment of a telephone base unit in accordance with the present design shown with its rear leg deployed, wherein the broken line showing of a telephone handset removed from its cradle is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 18 is a rear perspective view of FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is right side elevational view of the telephone base unit of the present design illustrated in FIG. 17 with the rear leg retracted in a wall-mount position, and the telephone base unit or similar article oriented in a vertical position;

FIG. 20 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is rear elevational view of FIG. 19, the other views being identical to those shown in FIGS. 9 and 10;

FIG. 23 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a telephone base unit in accordance with the present design shown with its rear leg deployed, wherein the broken line showing of a handset removed from its cradle is for illustrative purposes only, and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 24 is a rear perspective view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a right side elevational view of the telephone base unit of the present design illustrated in FIG. 17 with the rear leg retracted in a wall-mount position and the telephone base unit in a vertical position;

FIG. 26 is a left side elevational view of FIG. 25;

FIG. 27 is a front elevational view of FIG. 25;

FIG. 28 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 25;

FIG. 29 is a top plan view of FIG. 25; and,

FIG. 30 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 25.

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Patent History
Patent number: D427985
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 19, 1999
Date of Patent: Jul 11, 2000
Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Inventors: Steven R. Takayama (Atherton, CA), Steven P. Vassallo (Palo Alto, CA), Jonathan I. Kaplan (Palo Alto, CA), Heather Andrus (San Francisco, CA), Jochen Philipp Backs (San Francisco, CA), Rudy Lucas Samuels (Bolinas, CA)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Law Firm: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP
Application Number: 0/102,256
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Handset To Side Of Dial (D14/151); With Telephone (D14/130)
International Classification: 1403;