Ornamental telephone construction

Claim 1

An ornamental telephone enclosure comprising: a. a base for supporting electrical mechanical components of the telephone including a dial; b. a base housing on the base for receiving the electrical mechanical components, the housing having a circumferential, horizontal external ridge at its lower end, a sloping surface extending up and from the base, an opening in the sloping surface for the dial, a circular external ridge bounding the dial opening, and an upper apex defining a horizontally disposed opening; c. a thin ornamental cover fitted tightly over and conforming to the exterior surface of the base housing, abutting firmly against the lower external ridge and the circular external ridge bounding the dial opening, and overlying the apex end of the housing; d. a base adapter having an axial hole therethrough, a horizontal annular groove at its upper end, an annular horizontal and external notch at its lower end, an annular, external and horizontal shoulder bordering the lower end of the notch and resting on the base housing on the apex end thereof around the horizontally disposed opening therethrough, and an annular, axially extending portion bounding the shouLder and disposed in the opening at the apex end of the housing, the portion of the ornamental cover overlying the apex end of the housing being firmly received in the notch of the base adapter; e. a cylindrical hollow column for electrical conductors received in the annular groove at the upper end of the base adapter; f. a thin ornamental cylindrical cover fitted tightly over and conforming to the column and also received in the annular groove at the upper end of the base adapter; g. a top cap having a circumferential axially extending flange and an annular, horizontal shoulder interiorly of the axially extending flange, the column abutting the shoulder and the flange overlying the column covering and the column; h. a transmitter assembly for receiving an electro-mechanical transmitter, the transmitter assembly being pivotally mounted on the top cap and having a transmitter housing of generally bowl-shaped configuration, a mouthpiece secured to the transmitter housing at the latter''s large end, a circumferential ridge of the transmitter assembly housing at the large end thereof, an annular groove in the circumferential ridge, and a transmitter ferrule on the small end of the transmitter housing and having a circumferential flange overlying such small end; i. a thin ornamental transmitter housing cover fitted tightly over and conforming to the exterior surface of the transmitter housing, one end of such cover being received in the annular groove in the circumferential ridge of the transmitter housing and the other end of such cover being received between the transmitter housing and the flange of the transmitter ferrule; j. a receiver assembly for receiving an electro-mechanical receiver, the receiver assembly being coupled to the base and having a cylindrical receiver housing with a first end flared outwardly, an ear piece secured to the first end of the receiver housing and defining a flange overlying the first end, a hook fitting closing the second end of the receiver housing, a receiver ferrule secured to the receiver housing at the second end thereof and defining a circumferential flange overlying the receiver housing; and k. a thin ornamental receiver cover fitted tightly over and conforming to the exterior surface of the receiver housing with its first end being received beneath the ear piece flange and its second end being received beneath the receiver ferrule flange.