Telephone set

A telephone set comprising a base, and a handset supportable on the base, said handset including a lower microphone part, an upper earphone part and a connecting handle part, said base including a cradle in which said handset can be supported at rest in a position in which the microphone part and earphone part project beyond the cradle and face downwardly, said cradle including upwardly projecting flanges forming a groove therebetween, which flanges flank said handle part over at least a major part of the length thereof and extend at least the height thereof to prevent the handle part of the handset from being engaged to lift the handset from the base, said lower microphone part being shaped and proportioned such that it is enlarged with respect to said handle part and forms bowl-shaped recesses at the edges formed between the microphone part and the handle part, said recesses receiving the ends of fingers of the hand gripping the microphone part without covering the sound inlet of the microphone part.