Housing for a communication device or similar articles

Inventors:

Bertrand, Blaise (Milan, IT)
Anderson, Colin T. (Oreno Di Vimmercate, IT)
Soto, Joel (Maywood, IL, US)

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Application Number:

D/206673

Publication Date:

09/06/2005

Filing Date:

06/02/2004

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Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL, US)

Primary Class:

D14/138

Other Classes:

D14/346

International Classes:

(IPC1-7): 1403

Field of Search:

379/434, 455/550.1-90.3, D14/247-248, 455/575.4, 455/575.6, D21/517, 455/556.1, D14/341-347, 345/169, D14/137, 455/575.1, 455/566, 379/433.01-433.13, D14/144, 455/556.2, D14/138, D14/147-148

US Patent References:

D390509	Portable telephone	February, 1998	Antzinas et al.	D14/138
D422595	Video accessory device for a cellular telephone	April, 2000	Taylor et al.	D14/240
D432511	Personal communication device	October, 2000	Eckholm	D14/138
D456805	Personal digital assistant	May, 2002	Ono et al.	D14/342
D457883	Handheld computer	May, 2002	Sugioka et al.	D14/342
D461185	Handheld computer	August, 2002	Ando	D14/341
D466096	Mobile phone with digital camera	November, 2002	Takada	D14/138
D467890	Cellular phone with personal digital assistant	December, 2002	Lai et al.	D14/138
D476328	Personal digital assistant	June, 2003	Miao et al.	D14/346
D476329	Personal digital assistant	June, 2003	Miao et al.	D14/346
D479215	Portable phone	September, 2003	Yokoyama	D14/138
D481692	Handset	November, 2003	Husgafvel	D14/138
D489062	Handheld electronic device	April, 2004	Hong	D14/343
D491156	Portable wireless telephone	June, 2004	Kawakami et al.	D14/138
D493156	Mobile phone	July, 2004	Hamann et al.	D14/138
D494151	Communication device	August, 2004	Walliser et al.	D14/138
D495310	Body shape portion of a handset	August, 2004	Husgafvel	D14/138
D495695	Portable information terminal	September, 2004	Yugaya	D14/346
D496644	Mobile phone	September, 2004	Yoo et al.	D14/138
D496645	Mobile phone	September, 2004	Yoo et al.	D14/138
D498736	Phone-combined PDA	November, 2004	Lee	D14/138
D498754	Personal digital assistant	November, 2004	Blyth	D14/341
6822871	Sliding-type portable wireless terminal	November, 2004	Lee et al.	361/727
D501475	Personal digital assistant	February, 2005	Kim	D14/346
D502162	Cellular phone	February, 2005	Kim et al.	D14/138
D502454	Cellular phone	March, 2005	Lee	D14/138
20030064688	Slide-type portable communication apparatus	April, 2003	Mizuta et al.	455/90
20040259592	Cellular telephone	December, 2004	Taneya et al.	455/556.1
20040266477	Handheld electronic apparatus	December, 2004	Murata	455/556.1
20050009581	Slide type portable terminal	January, 2005	Im et al.	455/575.4

Foreign References:

JP1124434	October, 2001
JP1160810	December, 2002
JP2003298699	October, 2003	H04M001/02
WODM056735	April, 2001

Other References:

www.mobiletechnews.com visited Mar. 3, 2005, Motorola A1010 smartphone, article posted Feb. 15, 2005.
www.mobiletechnews.com visited Mar. 3, 2005, Motorola A1000 phone, article posted Feb. 24, 2004.
www.mobiletechnews.com visited Mar. 3, 2005, Motorola E680 phone, article posted Mar. 11, 2004.

Primary Examiner:

Asch, Jeffrey

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Chapa, Lawrence J.

Claims:

1. The ornamental design for a housing for a communication device or similar articles, as shown and described.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an ornamental design of a housing for a communication device or similar articles.

FIG. 2 is a front view.

FIG. 3 is a back view.

FIG. 4 is a left side view.

FIG. 5 is a right side view.

FIG. 6 is a top view; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are included for the purposes of illustrating environmental elements only and form no part of the claimed design.