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Telephone base unit

Granted 11 Jul 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. · originally Cisco Systems

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Inventors: Jochen Philipp Backs, Steven P. Vassallo, Jonathan I. Kaplan, Heather Andrus +2 · Examiner: Jeffrey Asch · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application
102256
filed 19 Mar 1999
Publication
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US D427985
granted 11 Jul 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

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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