Molded plastic base plate for a telephone set

US4163874A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Nortel Networks Limited · CA

Inventors

• George V. Lenaerts · London, CA
• Algirdas J. Dragunevicius · London, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: May 11, 1978
• Grant date: Aug 7, 1979
• Expiry date: May 11, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/02
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A base plate for a telephone set is molded of plastic instead of being a metal stamping and can be made of recycled scrap plastic material. The base plate is provided with a plurality of positions for mounting telephone set parts with each position having an arrangement of projections and one or more deflectable members whereby the telephone items can be mounted by sliding and downward movement to clip in, and with one or more of the positions also having alternative means for mounting items whereby alternate forms of an item can be interchangeably mounted.