Portable communications device

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of a portable communications device in a closed configuration showing our design;

FIG. 2 is rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an opposing side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top end view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom end view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front view of the portable communications device of FIGS. 1–6 shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 8 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 10 is an opposing side view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front view of a second embodiment of the portable communications device in a closed configuration showing our design;

FIG. 12 is rear view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a side view thereof;

FIG. 14 is an opposing side view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a top end view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a bottom end view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a front view of the portable communications device of FIGS. 11–16 shown in an open configuration;

FIG. 18 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a side view thereof; and,

FIG. 20 is an opposing side view thereof.

The broken lines shown in FIGS. 1–10, 14, and 20, that are immediately adjacent to the shaded areas and encompass non-shaded regions, represent the bounds of the claimed design in the embodiment in which they are shown, while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design in the embodiment in which they are shown.

The illustrated device is not limited to the scale shown.

Claims

The ornamental design for a portable communications device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D560184
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 27, 2005
Date of Patent: Jan 22, 2008
Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Lund)
Inventors: Charles Hunt (Wake Forest, NC), Elliott Hsu (Raleigh, NC)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Attorney: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.
Application Number: 29/235,050
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/138