Automatic card-dialer telephone warning device

Claim 1

A TELEPHONE WARNING DEVICE FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH A CARD-DIALING TELEPHONE INCLUDING A BASE AND A HANDSET, SAID BASE INCLUDING A CRADLE NORMALLY DEPRESSED BY SAID HANDSET TO BREAK THE OPERATING CIRCUITS OF THE PHONE WHEN NOT IN USE, A CARD CHUTE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN A CARD PRE-PUNCHED WITH ANY DESIRED TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND A START BUTTON OPERABLE WHEN PUSHED AFTER SAID CRADLE HAS BEEN RELEASED TO "READ" SAID CARD AND AUTOMATICALLY DIAL THE PRE-PUNCHED TELEPHONE NUMBER THEREOF, DURING WHICH DIALING OPERATION SAID CARD IS PARTIALLY EJECTED FROM SAID CHUTE, SAID WARNING DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) AN OPERATING MECHANISM ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID TELEPHONE AND INCLUDING THREE ARMS EXTENDING TOWARD SAID TELEPHONE TO POINTS RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT THE HANDSET CRADLE, START BUTTON AND CARD CHUTE OF SAID TELEPHONE, SAID MECHANISM BEING OPERABLE WHEN ACTIVATED TO PERFORM A SERIES OF OPERATIONS IN AN OPENING CYCLE OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH AND INCLUDING THE STEPS OF FIRST RELEASING SAID CRADLE, THEN DEPRESSING SAID START BUTTON AFTER A PREDETERMINED TIME LAPSE, THEN DEPRESSING SAID CRADLE AFTER A STILL FURTHER PREDETERMINED TIME PALSE, AND FINALLY PRESSING SAID CARD INTO SAID CHUTE,