Patent · US Expired

Low cost adjustable base stand

US5862214A · kind A · utility

52Cited by
4References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 9, 1995
Grant dateJan 19, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 9, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/02
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telephone base includes a base module and a rotatable base stand module. The base module may be elevated to a plurality of inclined positions by employing in the base stand modules the plurality of cantilever snap members each of which has a protruding locking member. The telephone base module includes a plurality of locking apertures which correspond to the locking members on the cantilever snap members. The desired inclined positions are obtained by rotating the base module around pivot elements in the base stand module and inserting the locking members on the cantilever snap members into appropriate ones of the locking apertures in the base module. Additionally, the base stand module may be rotated and locked in place to the base module by additional locking members to orient the telephone base for wall mounting. Advantageously all the elements required for the above features are integrally molded into the base module and the base stand module.

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