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US 4,379,953 AGranted
Telephone switch retaining apparatus
OwnerLeslie G. Huffinventor
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Abstract
A telephone switch retaining apparatus for securing to a telephone handset having a receiver and transmitter, including a first means for securing to the handset with a second means slidably mounted with the first means to selectively engage and depress the switch button of the handset and maintain the switch button depressed.
Claims9
A telephone switch retaining apparatus comprising:
- a first means including a generally flat surface with securing means for securing the first means to a telephone apparatus having a receiver, transmitter and a switch button;
- a second means included with the first means for longitudinal sliding movement and being positioned relative to the first means such that longitudinal sliding movement of the second means will selectively engage and depress the switch button of said telephone apparatus as a result of the sliding engagement and maintain the switch button depressed.
A telephone switch retaining apparatus comprising:
- a first means for securing said retaining apparatus to a telephone apparatus having a receiver, transmitter and a switch button;
- a second means mounted on the first means for longitudinal sliding movement and being positioned relative to the first means such that longitudinal sliding movement of the second means will selectively engage and depress the switch button of said telephone apparatus as a result of the sliding engagement and maintain the switch button depressed;
- said first means including retaining means to frictionally retain the second means in a desired position and to allow said second means to be longitudinally and slidably moved.
A telephone switch retaining apparatus comprising:
- a first means for securing said retaining apparatus to a telephone apparatus having a receiver, transmitter and a switch button;
- a second means mounted on the first means for longitudinal sliding movement and being positioned relative to the first means such that longitudinal sliding movement of the second means will selectively engage and depress the switch button of said telephone apparatus as a result of the sliding engagement and maintain the switch button depressed;
- said first means including a flat surface for securing said first means to said telephone apparatus and a second surface positioned at an acute angle to the first surface for slidably receiving the second means which engages and depresses the telephone switch button.
A telephone switch retaining apparatus comprising:
- a first means for securing said retaining apparatus to a telephone apparatus having a receiver, transmitter and a switch button;
- a second means mounted on the first means for longitudinal sliding movement and being positioned relative to the first means such that longitudinal sliding movement of the second means will selectively engage and depress the switch button of said telephone apparatus as a result of the sliding engagement and maintain the switch button depressed;
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- said second means having a curved engaging and depressed portion which engages said telephone switch button upon initial sliding movement and depresses said switch button upon further sliding movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.