Articulating telephone base
US6215869A · kind A · utility
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9Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/0297
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telephone including a telephone base having a bottom convex surface and including a first pair of guide rails, in which the bottom convex surface has a number of recesses; and a telephone base support having a second pair of guide rails and adapted to slidably support the telephone base by cooperation between the first and second pairs of guide rails. The telephone base support includes an elastic member for successively engaging the plurality of recesses one by one, so that the telephone base slides on the telephone base support in discrete steps when the user articulates the telephone base.
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