Trimline telephone  
 


Trimline telephone


The Trimline telephone is a variety of telephone set designed by Henry Dreyfuss Associates for the AT&T Bell System.


The idea behind the Trimline telephone was to create an alternative telephone set design that was stylish and easier to use than a traditional telephone. This trimline telephone schematic was accomplished by moving the dial from the telephone's base to the inside of the handset, between the earpiece and mouthpiece. The user could then dial a call without having to return to the base. The same concept is now used trimline telephone by all cellular telephone and cordless telephone models. To miniaturize the rotary dial conair fm2552 caller id trimline telephone enough to fit in the Trimline handset, an unusual moving fingerstop was used. The Trimline was also one of the first phones to use the now ubiquitous RJ11 modular phone plug and jack.


Introduced in 1965, the Trimline included a lighted dial and was encased in a sleek, curved plastic housing. Later versions replaced the dial with a touch-tone keypad. Today, similarly designed models are sold by many companies.


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