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
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1 parts›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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