US 5,689,558 AGranted

Telephone handset holder

OwnerAlan G. Osgood, Michael A. Osgood-Graverinventors

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Abstract

A telephone handset holder that mounts to the user's head or headgear. The handset holder, with handset attached, allows hands-free use of handset. The handset holder attaches to the backside of a telephone handset. The holder can accommodate a large variety of handsets for corded telephones, cordless telephones, cellular telephones, small two-way radios and other similar communication instruments. The handset holder can be quickly attached to and unattached from the back of handsets by means of small straps, hock and loop fasteners or suction cups. The handset holder is lightweight. The handset holder, with a handset attached, can be easily secured to the user's head by an over-the-head headband or by a wrap-around headband. The handset holder may be attached to a user's helmet or hard hat. The disclosed handset holder is simple and inexpensive to produce.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for holding a handset of a corded telephone, a cordless telephone, a cellular telephone, a compact cellular telephone, or similar communication instrument by means of a rigid holder bracket and a restraining strap,

said rigid holder bracket has
(a) an upper section which is positioned against the user's head,
(b) a middle section which extends outward from the side of the user's head,
(c) a lower section which is parallel to the side of the user's head,
(d) studs on the side of the rigid holder bracket lower section opposite the user's head arranged in rows on the back of the rigid holder bracket lower section,
said restraining strap can be removeably attached to one said stud and extended around the handset and removeably attached to another said stud.
said rigid holder bracket positioned for use on either the left or right side of the user's head with the handset speaker and microphone towards the user's head and the backside of the handset towards the lower section of the rigid holder bracket, is secured to the rigid holder bracket by means of said restraining strap.

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