Patent · US Expired

Adapter for removably holding a cellular phone on a belt clip

US6364184B1 · kind B1 · utility

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8References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Bollhoff Inc. · DE

Inventors

Peter Hauck · Gerbrunn, DE
Thomas Maciejowski · Werther, DE
Michael Stumpf · Cedar Park, US
Rainer Sussenbach · Steinhagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2000
Grant date	Apr 2, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S224/93
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An adapter for removably holding a cellular phone on a belt clip to be secured to a belt. The adapter comprises a mounting portion adapted to be mounted to the cellular phone, a holding portion adapted to be received in a U-shaped seat of the belt clip, and a connecting portion between said mounting and holding portions. The connecting portion comprises a hinge means enabling pivotal movements of said holding portion relative to said mounting portion. Due to this structure inadvertent pivotal movements of the cellular phone relative to the belt clip secured to the belt do not result in the adapter being broken off of the cellular phone causing damages to or even destruction of the cellular phone.

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