Automotive telephone handset

[54] AUTOMOTIVE TELEPHONE HANDSET

[75] Inventors: Michael Paton, Royston, United Kingdom; Chusei Takahashi; Katsuhito Watanabe, both of Tokyo, Japan

[73] Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

[**] Term: 14 Years

[21] Appl. No.: 833,719

[22] Filed: Feb. 11,1992

[30] Foreign Application Priority Data

Sep. 26,1991 [GB] United Kingdom 2017755

[52] U.S. CI D14/138; D14/148

[58] Field of Search D14/138, 140, 142, 147,

D14/148, 149, 240, 248; 379/58, 59, 60, 433,

435, 440

[56] References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

D. 291,199 8/1987 Watanabe D14/64

D. 297,733 9/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,035 10/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,036 10/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,129 10/1988 Watanabe D14/53

D. 298,241 10/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,242 10/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,243 10/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,244 10/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 298,317 11/1988 Watanabe D14/52

D. 298,321 11/1988 Watanabe D14/64

D. 299,136 12/1988 Taylor D14/148

D. 300,429 3/1989 Watanabe D14/138

D. 304,939 12/1989 Sutoh t>14/138

D. 306,294 2/1990 Watanabe D14/148

D. 315,558 3/1991 Watanabe et al D14/138

D. 315,731 3/1991 Watanabe D14/148

D. 319,438 8/1991 Suckley D14/148 X

D. 321,183 10/1991 Powell et al D14/148 X

D. 322,782 12/1991 Nakamachi et al D14/147 X

D. 329,049 9/1992 Peersman D14/148

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

730606 12/1987 Japan .
805333 10/1990 Japan .

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Circuit City Ad in the Oct. 11, 1991 Washington Post Weekend Section, cellular phones across center of page. "Mobile radio telephone porty" Publisher: Philips Kommunikations Industrie AG (Germany).

Primary Examiner—Alan P. Douglas

Assistant Examiner—Jeffrey Asch

Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack

[57] CLAIM

The ornamental design for an automotive telephone handset, as shown and described.

DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1 is a left side, top and front perspective view of an

automotive telephone handset showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line VIII—VIII

in FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a front top and left side perspective view depicting a state of rotating a display cover and showing a display panel; and,

FIG. 10 is a perspective view thereof, the broken line showing of displayed information being for illustrative purposes only.