Telephonic communications – Terminal – Housing or housing component
Patent
1997-11-21
2000-05-16
Chiang, Jack
Telephonic communications
Terminal
Housing or housing component
H04M 100
Patent
active
060647345
ABSTRACT:
A telephone which includes a keypad housing. The keypad housing slides in and out of an opening in the telephone. In the retracted position, the keypad housing is held within the opening. This gives a telephone which is small and compact. In fact, the telephone of the present invention is small and compact enough to fit within a user's pocket. The keypad housing may be pulled out and latched in the extended position. In the extended position, the user has access to the keypad which is disposed in the top of the keypad housing. The resulting telephone is small and compact when the keypad housing is retracted, yet allows for the user access to a full sized keypad when the keypad housing is extended.
REFERENCES:
patent: D326451 (1992-05-01), Roegner
patent: 5109539 (1992-04-01), Inubushi et al.
patent: 5440629 (1995-08-01), Gray
patent: 5493604 (1996-02-01), Hirayama
Brawne Nicholas
Hasegawa Yutaka
Chiang Jack
Sony Corporation of Japan
Sony Electronics Inc.
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