Cellular telephone clip

• US 6,283,348 B1
• Filed: 04/05/2000
• Issued: 09/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chin-Yang Wang
• Original Assignee: Chin-Yang Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Chin-Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): Brittain, James R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rodriguez, Ruth C.
• Application Number:
  US09/543,566
• Time in Patent Office: 517 Days
• Field of Search: 24/31.1, 24/31.3, 245/90, 245/91, 245/92, 246/92, 246/33, 224/197, 224/268, 224/269, 224/930, 224/271
• US Class Current: 224/271
• 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: G08B 3/1058 Pager holders or housings casings for electric apparatus H05K5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/93 Attached to animate bearer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1391 Article held by clip with spring [e.g., leaf, coil] member
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1394 Article held by clip

Abstract

A cellular telephone clip is constructed to include a mount fastened to a cellular telephone or cellular telephone bag, a hollow holder base for securing the mount, the holder base having a front coupling chamber, a back receiving chamber, and a slot communicating between the coupling chamber and the receiving chamber, a locating block mounted in the back receiving chamber and forced by a springy holding down plate to insert through the slot into the coupling chamber and to lock the mount after insertion of the mount in the coupling chamber, a spring-supported push button coupled to the base holder and moved between a first position where the locating block is moved away from the slot for the access of the mount to the coupling chamber, and a second position where the locating block is engaged into the slot to lock the mount in the coupling chamber, a locating cover plate fastened to the holder base at the back, and a clamping plate pivoted to the locating cover plate and retained in the clamping position by spring.

Claims

1. A cellular telephone clip comprising:

a mount for securing a cellular telephone;

a hollow holder base for securing said mount, said holder base comprising a protruded flange raised from a front side wall thereof and defining with the front side wall a coupling chamber, a back chamber, and a slot through the front side wall in communication with said back chamber;

a locating block mounted in said back chamber;

a springy holding down plate fastened to said holder base and covered over said back chamber to force said locating block into said slot;

first spring means installed in said holder base;

a push button coupled to said holder base by a slip joint and supported on said first spring means, said push button having two beveled tips arranged in parallel and respectively disposed in contact with said locating block;

a locating cover plate pivoted to said holder base, said locating cover plate having locating means coupled to said holder base to secure said locating cover plate in place;

a clamping plate pivoted to said locating cover plate; and

second spring means coupled between said locating cover plate and clamping plate to hold said clamping plate clamped on said locating cover plate;

wherein when said push button is depressed by a user to compress said first spring means, said locating block is moved backwards from said slot for enabling said mount to be inserted into said coupling chamber, and said locating block is forced forwards by said springy holding down plate into engagement with said mount in said coupling chamber after the user released said push button.

2. The cellular telephone clip of claim 1 wherein said mount comprises a mounting base for fastening to a object to be held, a toothed locating cover plate having teeth around a periphery thereof for engagement with said locating block, and a neck connected between said mounting base and said toothed locating cover plate.

3. The cellular telephone clip of claim 2 wherein said mounting base of said mount is fixedly fastened to a cellular telephone.

4. The cellular telephone clip of claim 2 wherein said mounting base of said mount is fixedly fastened to a cellular telephone bag.

5. The cellular telephone clip of claim 1 wherein said holder base further comprises a locating rib disposed in said coupling chamber at a bottom side for engagement with a toothed locating cover plate of said mount after insertion of the toothed locating cover plate of said mount into said coupling chamber.

6. The cellular telephone clip of claim 1 wherein said holder base comprises two longitudinal rails bilaterally disposed at a back side thereof to guide movement of said push button, and two back flanges spaced between said longitudinal rails to hold said first spring means above said back chamber.

7. The cellular telephone clip of claim 1 wherein said push button comprises a transversely extended middle rib, and a pin perpendicularly downwardly extended from said transversely extended middle rib and coupled to one end of said first spring means.