Telephone supplementary dial attachment

Claim 1

A SUPPLEMENTARY TELEPHONE CALL INDICIA DEVICE FOR USE WITH DIAL TELEPHONES OF THE TYPE HAVING A BASE SURMOUNTED BY A ROTATABLE DIALING RING PROVIDED WITH AN ANNULAR ROW OF FINGER OPENINGS BY MEANS OF WHICH SAID RING MAY BE ROTATED RELATIVELY TO A FIXED STOP CARRIED BY SAID BASE, SAID DEVICE BEING IN THE FORM OF A FLAT ANNULUS OF AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER AND AN INSIDE DIAMETER SUBSTANTTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF THE TELEPHONE DIALING RING, SAID ANNULUS BEING SPLIT TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF SEPARABLE ENDS ONE OF WHICH IS NOTCHED TO FORM AN OPENING IN THE ANNULUS FOR PROJECTION THERETHROUGH OF SAID FIXED STOP CARRIED BY THE BASE OF THE TELEPHONE, SAID ANNULUS BEING ADAPTED FOR DISPOSITION BETWEEN THE TELEPHONE BASE AND THE ROTATABLE DIALING RING IN CONWITH THE LATTER WHEREBY A SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE OF THE ANNULUS IS EXPOSED EXTERNALY OF THE DIALING RING IN CONCENTRIC RELATION THERETO, SAID EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE ANNULUS HAVING SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY THEREABOUT DIALING INDICIA CORRESPONDING IN CHARACTER AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACING BUT OF SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER SIZE THAN THAT OF THE CONVENTIONAL INDICIA NORMALLY DISPOSED BENEATH THE TELEPHONE DIALING RING.