Flat panel telephone station set

A telephone station set adapted to be operated by a user in at least one predetermined position, said set comprising

• an automobile sunshield visor including a rotatable panel member having first and second oppositely disposed faces and mounted for rotation between a first position wherein the first face is substantially concealed from view from said user position and a second position wherein the first face is in full view from said user position, said panel member having a recess in said first face for receiving a handset,
• said first face is that which faces the automobile roof when the visor is in its raised position,
• a handset having transmitter and receiver portions shaped to fit in said recess substantially entirely within the thickness of said panel member between said first and second faces,
• means for retaining said handset in said recess in the absence of a removing force substantially in excess of the weight of said handset, and
• means, mounted on said panel, for performing pushbutton dialing operations.

A telephone station set adapted to be operated by a user in at least one predetermined position, said set comprising

• a rotatable panel member having first and second oppositely disposed faces and mounted for rotation between a first position wherein the first face is substantially concealed from view from said user position and a second position wherein the first face is in full view from said user positon, said panel member having a recess in said first face for receiving a handset,
• a handset having transmitter and receiver portions shaped to fit in said recess substantially entirely within the thickness of said panel member between said first and second faces,
• means for retaining said handset in said recess in the absence of a removing force substantially in excess of the weight of said handset,
• means, mounted on said panel, for performing pushbutton dialing operations,
• a multiconductor ribbon cable for extending electrical connections from said handset and dialing means, the conductors of said cable being secured adjacent to one another in a side-by-side relationship to form an approximately straight-line cable transverse cross section,
• an axle secured to said panel member to provide an axis for said rotation, said axle being hollow in at least a portion of the length thereof from an edge of said panel member to an intermediate region of such member to form a cable conduit, and
• said ribbon cable having the conductors thereof separated from one another and formed into an approximately circular transverse cross-sectional bundle in a portion thereof extending through said conduit to said handset and said dialing means.

A telephone station set adapted to be operated by a user in at least one predetermined position, said set comprising

• a rotatable panel member having first and second oppositely disposed faces and mounted for rotation between a first position wherein the first face is substantially concealed from view from said user position and a second position wherein the first face is in full view from said user position, said panel member having a recess in said first face for receiving a handset,
• a handset having transmitter and receiver portions shaped to fit in said recess substantially entirely within the thickness of said panel between said first and second faces,
• means for retaining said handset in said recess in the absence of a removing force substantially in excess of the weight of said handset,
• means, mounted on said panel, for performing pushbutton dialing operations,
• a radiotelephone transmitter/receiver unit, and
• means on said panel operable for electrically locking said transceiver unit, said locking means including visual indicating means to indicate whether or not the unit is locked.