Patent ID: 6435690
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable communication device with distributed perimeter locating lights, comprising:a portable communication device having a first major surface with a keypad and a display thereon and an opposing second major surface, said first and second major surfaces spaced apart by first and second sidewalls and first and second endwalls, wherein said portable communication device has an operative active mode and a standby mode; a plurality of spaced apart light emitters positioned along selected perimeter portions of said portable communication device, such that said light emitters are spaced away from said display and keypad; at least one light source operably associated with said plurality of light emitters, a power source operably associated with said light source, wherein said light emitters are configured to emit externally viewable light when said portable communication device is in the standby mode, wherein said device comprises at least one light distribution channel extending along at least a portion of the length and/or width of the perimeter of said device in optical communication with said at least one light source, wherein said light distribution channel is defined by spaced apart reflective surfaces, and wherein, in operation, openings formed in said reflective surface along said light distribution channel define said light emitters such that, in operation, said openings are configured to allow a portion of the light traveling in said light distribution channel to exit therefrom.