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US 4,993,244 AGranted
Locking apparatus for a cellular phone
OwnerCraig Osmaninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for the locking attachment of a mobile, cellular phone in a secure position such as being attached to a floor or like supporting surface within a vehicle to prevent unauthorized removal of the phone but still allow freedom of use and ease of removal of the phone from the locking apparatus or the locking apparatus from its attachment to a supporting surface when it is desired to transport the phone with a user from one location to another.
Claims14
A lock assembly for a portable phone powered by a self-contained battery structure, said assembly comprising:
- a. a base including a first and a second elongated wall portion disposed in substantially transverse relation to one another and oriented to overly a rear portion and one side portion respectively of the phone when attached thereto,
- b. a shield member secured at one end of said base and dimensioned to extend transversely outward from both said wall portions,
- c. said shield member disposed and configured to overly and cover a lower end of the phone and access to the battery therein,
- d. a cover movably connected to said base and disposable into a closed position defined by overlying, covering relation of said cover to a front portion and an opposite side portion of the phone while said base is disposed in overlying relation to said rear portion and said one side portion respectively of the phone,
- e. lock means mounted in part on both said base and said cover and disposed and structured for locking connection of said base and said cover in said closed position,
- f. said cover comprising an outer exposed face having an apertured construction defined by at least one access opening overlying a dial portion of the phone when said cover and said base are in said closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.