Telephone handset cradle mount
AssigneeScientific Dimensions, Inc.
InventorJoseph J. O'Connell
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Abstract
A cradle mount for mounting a cellular telephone handset cradle in a vehicle. The mount enables the cradle to be selectively and removably positioned at an angular orientation extending through a full 360 degrees, and enables the cradle to be tilted through an angle of approximately 180 degrees. A detachable mounting plate enables the handset to be removed from the mount. One or more elongate, pivotably connected extension bars may be interposed between the base of the mount and the rotatable, detachable mounting plate, so as to enable the mount to be installed at various places in vehicle cabs of different sizes, shapes and dimensions.
Claims4
A cradle mount for a telephone handset cradle, comprising:
- a base plate having a pair of upwardly extending support arms, each arm provided with a plurality of rounded indents and corresponding detents;
- means for securing said base plate to a surface;
- a clevis provided with a plurality of rounded indents and corresponding detents hingeably attached to said support arms;
- a mounting plate adapted to be affixed to a telephone handset cradle;
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- means for detachably fastening said mounting plate to said clevis, where said detachable fastening means comprises a snap slide fastener comprising a slide plate affixed to said clevis, said slide plate retainably bearing a slidable latch, and a stud extending from said mounting plate through a bore in said clevis, said latch being selectively engageable with said stud to affix said mounting plate to said clevis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.