Title:
Cellular telephone housing
United States Patent D408402
US Patent References:
Housing for a portable handset telephone or similar article
Soren et al. - September, 1988 - D297735

Housing for a portable telephone or similar article
Soren et al. - April, 1989 - D300742

Housing for a portable handset telephone or similar article
Soren et al. - April, 1989 - D300827

Housing for portable telephone or similar article
Nagele et al. - October, 1989 - D304189

Housing for a portable handset telephone or similar article
Soren et al. - January, 1990 - D305427


Inventors:
Shimelfarb, Barry S. (Chicago, IL)
Williams, Daniel L. (Vernon Hills, IL)
Roback, Kenneth J. (Arlington Heights, IL)
Salazar, Jeffrey A. (Belmont, CA)
Application Number:
D/092412
Publication Date:
04/20/1999
Filing Date:
08/18/1998
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Assignee:
Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL)
Primary Class:
Field of Search:
D14/137, D14/138, D14/147-148, D14/247-248, D14/250, D14/240, D14/140-142, 379/433, 379/434, 379/419, 379/420, 379/428, 379/440, 455/550-575, 455/90
US Patent References:
D306298Autodialer with electronic telephone directoryFebruary, 1990Sawada et al.
D318050Cellular portable telephoneJuly, 1991Elbaz et al.
D321349Cellular portable handset telephoneNovember, 1991Colida
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D325029Telephone handset housing or similar articleMarch, 1992Nagele et al.
D326092TelephoneMay, 1992Kikuchi et al.
D336087Housing for a personal cordless telephoneJune, 1993Siddoway et al.
D340711Front housing for a portable radiotelephoneOctober, 1993Nagele et al.
D342248Portable telephoneDecember, 1993Nagele et al.
D343615Portable telephoneJanuary, 1994Taylor
D343616Portable telephoneJanuary, 1994Nagele et al.
D345158Portable radio telephoneMarch, 1994Namba et al.D14/138
D345356Portable radio telephoneMarch, 1994Ando et al.
D346164Portable radio telephoneApril, 1994Shirakama et al.D14/138
D347221Portable communication deviceMay, 1994Siddoway
D352503Portable telephoneNovember, 1994Nagele
D359734Foldable housing for a portable telephoneJune, 1995Nagele et al.
D361064HandsetAugust, 1995Fellinger
D363281Wireless communications terminalOctober, 1995BuhrmannD14/248
D369598Housing for a portable telephoneMay, 1996Nagele et al.
D379983Wireless telephoneJune, 1997ShindouD14/147
D382556Portable telecommunication unitAugust, 1997JeongD14/138
D385873Housing for a portable telephoneNovember, 1997Nagele et al.D14/138
D389477Portable hinged phoneJanuary, 1998Tabankin et al.D14/138
D393856Foldable wireless telephone housingApril, 1998Lee et al.
4018998Communication hand-set foldable for protectionApril, 1977Wegner379/433
4481382Programmable telephone systemNovember, 1984Villa-Real
4845772Portable radiotelephone with control switch disablingJuly, 1989Metroka et al.
4926474Ergonomic telephone handsetMay, 1990Marks
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5260998Folding portable telephone setNovember, 1993Takagi
5335368Portable radio apparatus having variable impedance matching circuit between antenna and radio circuitAugust, 1994Tamura455/90
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Foreign References:
JP2274046November, 1990D14/147X
JP6152459May, 1994455/90X
Other References:
Mobile Computing & Communications, p. 100, Motorola Star tac, Dec. 1996.
Mobile Computing & Communications, p. 104, Motorola Star Tac select 9000, May 1997.
NTT DoCoMo, Digital MoVa, 9600 bps Hyper cellular telephone advertisement (Jun. 1995).
NTT DoCoMo, Digital MoVa cellular telephone advertisement (Apr. 1994).
Primary Examiner:
Asch, Jeffrey
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Chen, Sylvia
Claims:
1. The ornamental design for a cellular telephone housing, as shown anddescribed.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a front, bottom, and left side perspective view of a cellular telephone housing in a closed position;

FIG. 2 is a front, bottom, and left side perspective view in an open position;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevation view in a closed position;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view in a closed position;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view in a closed position;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view in a closed position;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevation view in a closed position; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear elevation view in a closed position.

The broken line matter in all figures is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.