Mobile telephone fastening

• US 5,730,342 A
• Filed: 04/11/1997
• Issued: 03/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tse-Hsiung Tien
• Original Assignee: Tse-Hsiung Tien
• Inventors: Tien, Tse-Hsiung
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US08/827,805
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 224/271, 224/272, 224/197, 224/198, 224/199, 224/269, 224/665-672, 224/930, 24/3.1, 24/3.12, 24/597, 24/641, 24/665, 24/669
• US Class Current: 224/271
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/026 with a pin having an enlarged head detachably connected to a fastening device, e.g. to a pin receiving slot
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/93 Attached to animate bearer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 24/60 Receiving member includes either movable connection between cavity components or variable configuration cavity
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1394 Article held by clip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45183 Clasp [e.g., spring type]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/45267 Notched clasp [e.g., with receiving slot]

Abstract

A mobile telephone fastening includes a cramping member and a gripping member. The cramping member has a base attached to a back of the mobile telephone and a buckle integrally extending from the base. The buckle has two opposed long edges and two opposed short edges. The gripping member includes an enclosure with a longitudinal recess, a press button received in the enclosure, a swing plate pivotedly engage with the enclosure, and an inverted-U-shaped flexure strip. The longitudinal recess has a circular space defined at a lower portion thereof. The swing plate has a protrusion extending into the longitudinal recess of the enclosure. In operation, the two opposed short edges of the buckle can be inserted into the recess and urge the protrusion of the swing plate to retract. When the buckle reaches the circular space of the recess and force applied on the protrusion by the buckle is removed, the protrusion will restore to project beyond the enclosure. At this moment, by rotating the mobile telephone by ninety degrees, the two opposed long edges of the buckle can be exactly received in the circular space, limited by the width of the recess and further retained by the protrusion. Accordingly, the mobile telephone can be engaged with the waistband by the mobile telephone fastening by double securing functions of the protrusion and the recess.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone fastening comprising:

a cramping member having a base adapted to be attached to a back of the mobile telephone and a buckle integrally extending from the base, said buckle having two opposed long edges and two opposed short edges; and

a gripping member including;

an enclosure having an outer face and an inner face, said outer face forming a longitudinal recess therein for receiving said buckle of the cramping member, said longitudinal recess defining an entrance at an upper portion thereof and a circular space at a lower portion thereof, said inner face having two longitudinal opposed conduits respectively defined in two side walls thereof, two channels respectively adjacent and parallel to each of the conduits, and a rectangular hole defined in a middle position thereof;

a press button having two elongate side pieces respectively received in the two longitudinal opposed conduits and a first boss extending downwardly from a lower portion thereof, each of the side pieces forming a beveled edge at a bottom end thereof;

a swing plate pivotably engaged with the enclosure, said swing plate having a second boss formed on a top portion so that a spring can be mounted and compressed between the press button and the swing plate, said swing plate further having a protrusion extending through the rectangular hole of the enclosure and a pair of triangular lugs respectively extending from two side walls thereof to abut a corresponding beveled edge of the side pieces of the press button; and

an inverted-U-shaped flexure strip having a front portion engaged with a clamping plate and a rear portion received in the channels of the enclosure, said clamping plate adapted to grip a waistband of a user.

2. A mobile telephone fastening as claimed in claim 1, wherein said enclosure further defines a plurality of elongate holes in the inner face thereof and said press button further forms a plurality of plug-in strips extending into the corresponding elongate holes of the enclosure to limit the movement of the press button.

3. A mobile telephone fastening as claimed in claim 1, wherein said enclosure further defines a pair of through holes in the inner face thereof and the swing plate further has a pair of hooks respectively extending into the corresponding through holes of the enclosure, so that the swing plate can be pivoted with respect to the enclosure.

4. A mobile telephone fastening as claimed in claim 1, wherein said enclosure further has a post extending from the inner face thereof and the inverted-U-shaped flexure strip defines a small hole at the front portion thereof for said post to securely extend therethrough.