Patent · US Expired

Phone holder

US5940502A · kind A · utility

54Cited by
2References
31Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A phone holder for detachably holding a mobile phone in an automotive vehicle is provided with a holder main body including an inner casing having a phone accommodating portion, a phone urging device having a phone actuating roller and the like for urging the mobile phone being inserted into the phone accommodating portion in a direction opposite from an inserting direction of the mobile phone, and a phone locking device which can be switched between a locking state where the mobile phone is locked in a specified accommodation position in the phone accommodating portion against a urging force of the phone urger and an unlocking state where the locking is released. The phone locking device is switched to the locking state as the mobile phone is inserted into the phone accommodating portion. The above locking is releasable by moving the mobile phone in its locked state in the inserting direction.

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