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Multi-attitude display lid positioning arrangement for craftsperson's portable signal processing and communications unit

  • US 5,568,358 A
  • Filed: 11/14/1994
  • Issued: 10/22/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A display panel lid arrangement for a craftsperson'"'"'s signal processing and communications craft unit, said craft unit being operative to enable a craftsperson, who may be dispatched to a service site that is remotely located with respect to a telephone facility serving a subscriber line, to communicate with said telephone facility and with a test head that is connectable to said subscriber line, said craft unit having an input/output device, including a visual display panel, through which information input by said craftsperson is converted into prescribed signals and transmitted to a test system and through which information associated with the operation of said test system is presented to said craftsperson, said display panel lid arrangement comprising:

  • a display panel lid which is sized to cover said visual display panel; and

    a pivot attachment mounted to said craft unit, said pivot attachment being engageable with said lid and being configured to enable the lid to be pivoted between a closed position which covers said display panel, and an open position which allows said craftsperson to view said display panel, and to be pivoted beyond said open position to an extended position, and stably positioned at said extended position beneath said craft unit as a craft unit support member; and

    whereinsaid pivot attachment includes left side and right side hinge assemblies at respective left and right sides of said craft unit, a lid pin support element mounted adjacent to one end of said lid, and lid pin elements coupling opposite ends said lid pin support element with said left and right side hinge assemblies, respectively.

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