Mobile phone holder

• US 5,836,563 A
• Filed: 09/12/1997
• Issued: 11/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tao Hsin-Yung
• Original Assignee: Tao Hsin-Yung
• Inventors: Hsin-Yung, Tao
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Application Number:
  US08/928,700
• Time in Patent Office: 431 Days
• Field of Search: 379/455, 379/454, 379/456, 379/449, 379/426, 379/428, 455/90, 455/351, 248/316.4, 248/316.1, 248/231.41
• US Class Current: 248/316.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0071 using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/11 Supports for sets, e.g. incorporating armrests

Abstract

A mobile phone holder is disclosed which can be opened or closed by a single push of one hand. The mobile phone thus may be fetched readily or be placed therein handily without distracting too much of a driver'"'"'s attention and is much safer to use. It include s mainly a frame, a cover, a clamp, an elastic member, a gear, a push button, a toggle member and a spring. When the toggle member is pushed, the clamp will hold the phone securely in the frame. The toggle member is pivotally moveable in the opening of the frame. The spring is provided for moving the toggle slantly outside the opening of the frame when external force is absent. When the push button is pressed, the clamp will be moved outwardly to free the phone for fetching and use. All of this m ay be done singlehanded easily. It thus greatly enhances the driving safety when using in a car.

Claims

1. A mobile phone holder, comprising:

a frame having a clamp arm on a lateral side, two slots on another lateral side, two spaced feet at a bottom end and an opening at an upper portion;

adjacent two lateral sides of the opening in the rear surface of the frame is two spaced pivot seats, nearby the clamp arm in the rear surface of the frame having a first stud;

a cover fastenable with the frame having a second stud located thereon;

a clamp slidable in the first slot having a first gear rack on a bottom edge thereof and a third stud in a rear surface thereof,

an elastic member engageable respectively at two ends with the first and the third studs;

a push button slidable in the second slot having a second gear rack on a top edge;

a gear located in the middle of rear surface of the frame between the two slots engageable respectively at a top with the first gear rack and at a bottom with the second gear rack;

a toggle member pivotally moveable in the opening of the frame having a rear recess adjacent a sideward projection, a horizontal shaft engageable with the pivot seats and a protrusive block at a bottom below the shaft; and

a spring engageable at two ends with the recess and the second stud for moving the toggle slantly outside the opening of the frame when external force is absent.

2. A mobile phone holder of claim 1, wherein the clamp and push button have respectively a groove in a rear side engageable respectively with two rails formed in the front surface of the cover.