Stand for desktop telephone

US7986777B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Avaya Inc. · US

Inventors

• Martin Daly · South Orange, US
• Brian K. Dinicola · Manalapan, US
• James Farber · Rumson, US
• Antoinette Mazza · Somerville, US
• Wolfgang Schneider · Frankfurt, DE
• Claus-Christian Eckhardt · Hannover, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 26, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16M2200/08
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A stand allows a user to quickly and easily set the angular orientation of a telephone or other piece of equipment relative to a support surface (e.g. a desktop). The stand is fastened to, and removed from, the equipment without the use of tools by a magnetic attraction. The stand allows a user to tilt the equipment at one of two user-selected angles, to improve access to keys of the equipment and/or to reduce glare on the equipment's display. The display may also be tiltable. The stand provides for at least two course angle adjustments of the tilt of the equipment by the selected orientation of the stand and/or the selected attachment position of the stand relative to the equipment.