Mobile telephone with lateral loudspeaker
First Claim
1. Mobile telephone apparatus for a vehicle comprising a telephone with an elongate handset, and a cradle member having means for mounting to the vehicle in two reversible orientations;
- said cradle member including means for releasably holding and locating the handset in a generally vertically oriented upright position in both of said reversible mounting orientations, and a loudspeaker grille disposed laterally of the handset when the handset is located on the cradle.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone apparatus for installation in a vehicle comprises a handset and a cradle member for releasably holding and locating the handset. The cradle member includes a loudspeaker grille which, in plan view, is disposed laterally of the handset when the handset is present of the cradle. The handset does not therefore impede the sound from the loudspeaker. The cradle member may be substantially triangular in cross section. The handset can thus be presented to the driver of the vehicle at an optimum angle for easy physical and visual access, without the need for an additional mounting means. Furthermore, the cradle is reversible for left- or right-hand mounting, also allowing horizontal or vertical handset mounting on the dashboard.
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20 Claims
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1. Mobile telephone apparatus for a vehicle comprising a telephone with an elongate handset, and a cradle member having means for mounting to the vehicle in two reversible orientations;
- said cradle member including means for releasably holding and locating the handset in a generally vertically oriented upright position in both of said reversible mounting orientations, and a loudspeaker grille disposed laterally of the handset when the handset is located on the cradle.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Mobile telephone apparatus for installation in a vehicle, comprising telephone with a generally elongate handset, and a cradle member having means for mounting to the vehicle in two reversible orientations;
- said cradle member having means for releasably holding and locating said hand in an upright position with an earpiece and a mouthpiece of the handset being located in a single handset positional orientation in the vehicle in both of said reversible mounting orientations of the cradle member, and a loudspeaker grille, said loudspeaker grille, as seen in plan view, being disposed laterally of the handset when the handset is located on the cradle.
- View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A mobile telephone apparatus comprising:
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a telephone with an elongate handset; and a cradle having means for mounting in two reversed orientations, the cradle having means for releasably locating and holding the handset in a generally vertically orientated upright position in both of the reversed orientations, the cradle further comprising a loudspeaker grille disposed laterally of the handset when the handset is mounted on the cradle.
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20. A mounting cradle for a vehicle mobile telephone apparatus, the cradle comprising:
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means for connecting the cradle to a vehicle in either one of two reverse positions; a handset receiving area having means to releasably locate and hold a handset of the apparatus in a substantially upright position and with a single positional orientation of an earpiece and mouthpiece of the handset when the cradle is in either one of the two reverse positions; and a loudspeaker grille facing a substantially lateral direction relative to the handset receiving area.
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Specification