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United States Patent | 3,553,388 |
Mirrer | January 5, 1971 |
Both means and methods are disclosed which relate to a decorative universal telephone ensemble constructed in modular form for quick assembly and change of parts for repair or mix-and-match selection of parts of different color and design. Interfitting members comprise a choice of interchangeable decorative parts registered in position with special fasteners made to be removed manually without tools such as knurled fittings or thumb screws fitting over studs holding members in place so that a customer may assemble at the place of purchase such as a retail store a complete decorative phone ensemble designed from his choice of interchangeable decorative parts. The decorative phone assembly includes a base section with a visible outer rim surface and universal registration holes for holding and registering telephone company inserts from various sources, a decorative cover member creating a space between the cover and base for the telephone company mechanism, a handset switch-holder assembly resting on the cover and a decorative multiple part handset assembly fit together with a series of manually removable screw machine parts including at least one hollow tubing member with terminating bosses respectively tapped and threaded for assembly in registration. A special dial cup assembly is provided with a conical bottom which registers with the bridge of a vertically disposed bracket to establish a comfortable dialing angle. The bracket may be a U-shaped member at front and back with extending legs or flanges constituting the sole fastening means between the cover and base and also with one such member holding at its bridge portion the dial cup at the conical bottom surface. A curved decorative medallion with a cloisonne pattern is part of the dial assembly and is held in various telephone dials provided by different sources by special members registering with its curved shape. This structure produces at the retail store a large number of combinations derivable from a small stock of telephone sets with parts of different decorative design so that the customer may design his own ensemble by interfitting parts from a few different sets.
Inventors: | Mirrer; Raymond (Long Beach, NY) |
Assignee: |
Design-A-Phone, Inc.
(New York,
NY)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/647,545 |
Filed: | June 20, 1967 |
Current U.S. Class: | 379/369 ; 379/428.01; 379/428.04; D14/149; D14/153 |
Current International Class: | H04M 1/02 (20060101) |
Field of Search: | 179/1C,D,147,178,179,9A,90 46/33 |
2512457 | June 1950 | Disken |
2726292 | December 1955 | Sargisson et al. |
Lafayette Radio Electronics Catalog -670 (1967), p.216 - copy-right 1966. |