Telephone handset

- Cisco Technology, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a telephone handset in accordance with the present design, wherein the broken line showing of a base unit on which the handset is 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, depicting the handset removed from its cradle in the non-claimed base unit described above;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged right side elevational view thereof, the left side being a mirror image;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an enlarged bottom plan view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D431820
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 19, 1999
Date of Patent: Oct 10, 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: 0/102,255
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Handset (23) (D14/248)
International Classification: 1403;