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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
360137 ;
Abstract
A portable playback apparatus includes a manually operated single pushbutton and a control circuit connected to the pushbutton for selectively determining one of a plurality of operating modes of the apparatus in accordance with successive depressions of the pushbutton, or duration of each depression, or in accordance with the number of depressions. The single pushbutton may be attached to an earpiece cord or located on one end face of a housing of the apparatus which is convenient to use.