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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D594844 | Public communications terminal | 06/23/2009 |
| 7353638 | Sound resistant enclosure A sound resistant enclosure apparatus adapted for a person have access to an environment that reduces sound from ambient noise. More particularly, the invention relates to a manner in which to use common fabrication materials and method to construct a sound resistan... | 04/08/2008 |
| D554103 | Interphone | 10/30/2007 |
| D553607 | Interphone | 10/23/2007 |
| D490396 | Interphone | 05/25/2004 |
| D488793 | Telephone | 04/20/2004 |
| D488792 | Telephone | 04/20/2004 |
| D488513 | Gaming device display | 04/13/2004 |
| 4998704 | Portable memo pad holder device for car and phone A portable memo pad holder device which can be transported in a vehicle between the vehicle and a remote phone. The device includes a removable pad and a mount adapted to fit on the standard cradle of a telephone in place of the transmitter-receiver. The ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4974257 | Modular public telephone for outside use A modular public telephone has two independent armored boxes, one of which contains the telephone mechanism and the other of which is a strong coin receiving box. Both boxes are provided with front doors, and the upper box has a number of windows for rece... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4860336 | Radiotelephone credit card data communications A credit-card radiotelephone for a vehicle with a door includes a radio transceiver and a control unit with a telephone handset, credit card reader, hookswitch and door switch. The telephone handset has a microphone, a speaker, and a dial. The radio trans... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4837814 | Telephone set In a telephone set which can be used by inserting a card, a slit-like card insertion port is formed at a portion behind a handset hung up on a hanger of a surface of a housing and a card reader is arranged behind the card insertion port. A projecting hang... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4815123 | Coin-operated telephone apparatus A coin-operated telephone having a housing enclosing a coin acceptor and an associated coin release mechanism which are positioned above a display area. A coin release actuator mechanism is mounted on top of the coin acceptor and includes a rocker arm whi... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4759056 | Personal-servicing communication system A communication system offering specific services to specific persons bears a portable memory device with a record of personal information such as the bearer's identification number, class of service, personal data, etc. In making a call, the bearer of th... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4672661 | Credit card telephone station A credit card telephone station adapted to permit the initiation of telephone calls in response to the movement of a credit card having a stripe of magnetic characters on one face thereof past a magnetic card reader includes a housing for containing a tel... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4587379 | Card authenticating apparatus for card-based transaction processing system A card authenticating apparatus for a card-based transaction processing system. A device is incorporated which allows a sales-person of a store equipped with the apparatus to automatically call a card controlling operator of a card issuer company for cons... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4518830 | Armored telephone cord with a longitudinal strength member An armored cord has flexibility and tensile strength for securing a telephone handset to a telephone housing. The cord includes an outer armored sheath which is designed for increased flexibility in that it allows the cord to bend readily over small radii... | 05/21/1985 |
