Telephone security shield
OwnerLester Browninventor
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Abstract
A blank which may be erected to form a security shield for public telephones to guard against unauthorized visual access and theft of telephone calling card numbers and information. The blank includes a plurality of hingedly connected panels, and retention slots which engage cradle posts in a conventional telephone housing. A telephone security feature is provided by dimensioning the shield so that it extends around the periphery of the key pad and limits visual access to the user. The shield panels fold into a compact arrangement of overlying panels to facilitate its ready storage and accessibility to the user.
Claims16
An opaque blank for forming a telephone security shield, the telephone including a housing, and a key pad mounted in said housing, the blank comprising:
- a plurality of hingedly connected panels which form the shield and define an interior area having an open end, said plurality of panels including first and second base panels hingedly attached at a central score line, said first and second base panels having first and second scored edges, and side panels hingedly attached to said first and second score edges;
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- retention means for removably securing said plurality of panels in surrounding and outwardly projecting relation to the key pad, and the open end of the shield in overlying relation to the key pad, such that when the shield is secured, the keypad is in full view only to a user directly in front of the telephone keypad.
An opaque blank for forming a telephone security shield, the telephone including a housing, spaced cradle posts which project from said housing, and a key pad mounted in said housing below said cradle posts, the shield having an open end, the blank comprising a plurality of hingedly connected panels which form the shield, and first and second slots in the shield which receive the cradle posts for removably securing the open end of the shield in overlying relation to the key pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.