Iomega Corporation

Sony Corporation of Japan

International Business Machines Corporation

Sony Electronics Inc

Nicholas Brawne

Maaike Louise Evers

Allen T Bracken

Carl F Nicklos

Wayne A Sumner

David W Griffith

Jonathan Guerra

Carl L Engelbrecht

Timothy O Avery

Robert M Wilson, Sr

T Greg Nguyen

Yutaka Hasegawa

James Lee Combs

Mark W Perona

James Alan Strothmann

John F Marshall

Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders

George H Smedley, Jr

Computer data storage device enclosure

Information storage disk cartridge

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.

Telephone with sliding keypad

Storage disk cartridge

Computer data storage device

A telephone which includes a telephone body adapted to receive different earpieces is disclosed. A variety of different earpieces may be coupled to the telephone body. In one embodiment the telephone body has an opening formed in it that exposes a connector receptacle adapted to mate with a connector of an earpiece. By inserting the earpiece into the opening, the connector of an earpiece mates with the connector receptacle so as to mechanically and electrically attach the earpiece to the telephone body. Alternatively, screw threads are used to attach the earpiece to the telephone body. Some earpieces conform generally to the contours of the telephone body and others extend from the telephone body. The ability to couple different earpieces to the telephone body allows for the easy and inexpensive manufacture of telephones having an earpiece conforming to the specific needs of a user.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Nicholas Brawne