Cellular telephone design for the elderly
First Claim
1. A cellular telephone for the elderly, comprising a telephone body having an interactive surface and including in an unfolded position a left vertical border and a right vertical border, the telephone body having a width between the left and right vertical borders of between approximately two and one half inches and approximately three and one half inches, the interactive surface including a first portion and a second portion, the telephone body folding along a folding area between the first and second portions of the interactive surface, a left gripping area on a left side of the folding area defined by a substantially arcuate indentation in the left vertical border and a right gripping area on a right side of the folding area defined by a substantially arcuate indentation in the left vertical border, a keypad on the first and second portions of the interactive surface and having jumbo integer keys for integers between “
- 0” and
“
9”
, a “
SEND”
key, an “
OFF”
key, a “
CLEAR”
key, the keypad having no other function keys except that the keypad optionally includes a “
*”
key, a “
#”
key and/or an “
ON”
key, the jumbo integer keys having a diameter of between approximately 16 millimeters and approximately 20 millimeters, a space between adjacent jumbo integer keys in a horizontal row being between approximately 4 and approximately 6 millimeters and a space between adjacent jumbo integer keys in a vertical column being between approximately 8 and approximately 12 millimeters, the first portion and the second portion of the interactive surface each have at least three jumbo integer keys, and a display on the interactive surface that displays an integer in a jumbo size corresponding to a jumbo integer key that an elderly user has pressed, the jumbo size being at least a size appearing on the corresponding jumbo integer key.
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Abstract
A cellular telephone designed specifically to be visually appealing and practical for the elderly and those with reduced dexterity. Although the keypad buttons on the cellular telephone are approximately 260 square millimeters and have large spaces between adjacent keys to reduce instances of pressing the wrong button and to optimize visibility of the character digits on the key, the entire cellular telephone is approximately three inches wide, is lightweight and folds into a compact space, and can be held in one hand by an elderly individual. A large display is present. At least three jumbo integer keys are present on each portion of the foldable interactive surface. Unnecessary technological function keys are eliminated. Pressing the “HELP” key on the reverse side of the telephone body calls a medical or rescue service and displays medical information on the display.
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28 Claims
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1. A cellular telephone for the elderly, comprising
a telephone body having an interactive surface and including in an unfolded position a left vertical border and a right vertical border, the telephone body having a width between the left and right vertical borders of between approximately two and one half inches and approximately three and one half inches, the interactive surface including a first portion and a second portion, the telephone body folding along a folding area between the first and second portions of the interactive surface, a left gripping area on a left side of the folding area defined by a substantially arcuate indentation in the left vertical border and a right gripping area on a right side of the folding area defined by a substantially arcuate indentation in the left vertical border, a keypad on the first and second portions of the interactive surface and having jumbo integer keys for integers between “ - 0” and
“
9”
, a “
SEND”
key, an “
OFF”
key, a “
CLEAR”
key, the keypad having no other function keys except that the keypad optionally includes a “
*”
key, a “
#”
key and/or an “
ON”
key, the jumbo integer keys having a diameter of between approximately 16 millimeters and approximately 20 millimeters, a space between adjacent jumbo integer keys in a horizontal row being between approximately 4 and approximately 6 millimeters and a space between adjacent jumbo integer keys in a vertical column being between approximately 8 and approximately 12 millimeters,the first portion and the second portion of the interactive surface each have at least three jumbo integer keys, and a display on the interactive surface that displays an integer in a jumbo size corresponding to a jumbo integer key that an elderly user has pressed, the jumbo size being at least a size appearing on the corresponding jumbo integer key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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