Adjustable telephone system and method

US6445793B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven P. Vassallo · Palo Alto, US
• Steven Ryutaro Takayama · Atherton, US
• Jonathan Kaplan · San Francisco, US
• Rudy Lucas Samuels · Mill Valley, US
• Heather Andrus · Winthrop, US
• Jochen Backs · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/11
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An adjustable telephone system includes a base and a support coupled to the base. The support is operable to dispose the base in a plurality of positions relative to a support surface. The telephone system also includes an actuator coupled to the support to effect movement of the support relative to the base. The telephone system may also include one or more add-on line modules. Each add-on line module may include a support operable to dispose each add-on line module in a plurality of positions relative to the support surface. Each add-on line module may also include an actuator to effect movement of each add-on line module support. The actuator disposed on each add-on line module may also effect movement of other supports.