Telephone holder with locking bracket having a retarding spring
First Claim
1. A bracket for an electronic appliance, comprising a housing having a space in which the appliance can be placed, and a locking and a releasing means which can be used to attach the appliance to and release the appliance from the bracket, wherein the releasing means comprises a groove (9'"'"' ) in the housing, a releasing member (20) located in the groove that moves by the power of a spring when the appliance is detached, and a retarding spring (22) which presses the releasing member against the housing at the groove to slow down the movement of the releasing member on the housing.
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Abstract
The invention is related to the bracket for an electronic appliance such as a mobile phone. The bracket comprises a locking and a releasing means which can be used to attach the appliance to and release it from the bracket. The releasing means is provided with a groove (9), the groove comprising a releasing member (20) that moves by the power of a spring when the appliance is detached, and a retarding spring (22) which can be used to press the releasing member against the groove to slow down the movement of the releasing member. In this way, the device will not come loose from the bracket by a sudden jolt. The bracket can be used, for instance, to attach the mobile phone to the dash board of a car. The appliance remains firmly in the bracket when the car is moving and it is easy and safe to detach.
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11 Claims
- 1. A bracket for an electronic appliance, comprising a housing having a space in which the appliance can be placed, and a locking and a releasing means which can be used to attach the appliance to and release the appliance from the bracket, wherein the releasing means comprises a groove (9'"'"' ) in the housing, a releasing member (20) located in the groove that moves by the power of a spring when the appliance is detached, and a retarding spring (22) which presses the releasing member against the housing at the groove to slow down the movement of the releasing member on the housing.
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10. A method for retarding the disengagement of an electronic appliance from a bracket comprising a housing with a space in which the appliance can be placed, and a locking and a releasing means which can be used to attach the appliance to and release the appliance from the bracket, wherein the releasing means comprises a groove in the housing, and the groove is provided with a releasing member that moves by the power of a spring when the appliance is detached, and that when the appliance is detached, the releasing member is pressed, by using the retarding spring, against the groove to slow down the movement of the releasing member.
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11. A telephone holder comprising:
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a housing having a space for receiving a portion of a telephone; and means for releasing the telephone from the housing comprising a pusher slidably mounted to the housing for pushing against the telephone in the space in a direction for pushing the telephone out of the space, a first spring biasing the pusher in the direction towards the telephone in the space, and a second spring biasing the pusher against the housing to increase frictional resistance to movement of the pusher on the housing.
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