Hinged phone bracket for vehicle

• US 5,556,017 A
• Filed: 02/21/1995
• Issued: 09/17/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (BorgWarner Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Delco Electronics Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Troy, Stanton E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
• Application Number:
  US08/391,799
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 224/275, 224/281, 224/282, 224/311, 224/544, 224/545, 224/548, 224/549, 224/553-556, 224/929, 248/279.1, 248/286.1, 248/284.1, 248/310, 297/188.14, 297/188.15, 297/188.16, 297/188.17, 297/188.01, 297/188.04, 379/446, 379/449, 379/454, 379/455, 379/441, 379/451, 379/453, 455/90
• US Class Current: 224/549
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0007 Mid-console
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0084 with adjustment by linear movement in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0094 characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device

Abstract

To store a mobile phone in the console bin of a vehicle and easily swing it out and hold it in a working position, a bracket mounted on an inner top wall of the bin has a link hinged at both ends for coupling a main phone support to the mount and a slide on the main support for holding the phone. The hinged link allows the phone to swing in and out of the bin between working and storage positions, and the slide permits the phone to be moved further from the bin to allow the bin cover to close. The phone comprises a cradle attached to the slide and a removable handset which may be left in the cradle for use as held by the bracket.

Claims

1. A phone installation comprising:

a storage bin having a top opening and an upper inner surface adjacent the opening;

bracket means for supporting a phone for movement between an operating position outside the bin and a storage position within the bin including

a mount attached to the upper inner surface of the bin,

a slide adapted to hold the phone for sliding the phone between extended and withdrawn positions,

a single link having one end directly hinged to the mount and the other end directly hinged to the slide;

whereby the slide is movable from storage position to operating position by pivoting the slide to a position outside the bin and extending the slide to operating position.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein:

the mount is a flat plate; and

the single link is a plate having a substantially right angle bend.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein:

the mount is a flat plate extending from the opening to an end remote from the opening;

the single link is a plate having substantially a right angle bend defining two flat portions; and

one flat portion is hinged to the mount at the remote end and the other flat portion extends through the opening when in operating position.