Telephone handset mounting receptacle with card reader and method of positioning thereof

A mounting receptacle for securing a telephone handset, the mounting receptacle having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and first and second sides extending between the first and second ends, the mounting receptacle comprising:

• a cup portion including a top surface including a recess for receiving and securing a portion of the telephone handset;
• a card reader portion including a cavity for seating of a card reader therein, the card reader portion including an opening to permit insertion of an information card into the card reader;
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• a quick disconnect connector releasably securing the cup portion to the card reader portion, the quick disconnect connector comprising a plurality of mating members and a plurality of notches, the plurality of mating members disposed on one of the cup portion and the card reader portion, one of the plurality of mating members positioned closest to the first end of the mounting receptacle at a first positive distance therefrom, another one of the plurality of mating members positioned closest to the second end of the mounting receptacle at a second positive distance therefrom, the first positive distance equaling the second positive distance, the plurality of notches positioned on the other one of the cup portion and the card reader portion to receive the plurality of mating members in any one of two different orientations.

A mounting receptacle for securing a telephone handset, the mounting receptacle having a plurality of sides, the mounting receptacle comprising:

• a cup portion including a first housing, said first housing having a top surface including a recess for receiving a portion of the telephone handset and a latch mechanism to hold the portion of the telephone handset in said recess;
• a card reader portion including a second housing having a bottom surface and side walls extending upward therefrom forming a cavity for seating of a card reader in juxtaposition with said bottom surface, one of said side walls including a first opening to permit insertion of an information card into the card reader, said bottom surface having a second opening for permitting passage of a cable attached to the card reader therethrough, said bottom surface having a cabling channel extending between opposing ones of said side walls to route said cable so that it extends from any one of two different ones of the plurality of sides of the mounting receptacle, said second opening located at a midpoint of said cabling channel to ensure that said cable extends a same distance from each of the two different ones of the plurality of sides of the mounting receptacle;
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• a quick disconnect connector releasably securing said cup portion to said card reader portion to position said first opening of said card reader portion on any one of the two different ones of the plurality of sides of the mounting receptacle.