Mobile phone holder

• US 6,285,758 B1
• Filed: 09/21/1999
• Issued: 09/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CITECH CO., LTD.
• Original Assignee: CITECH CO., LTD.
• Inventors: Lu, Shu-Shen
• Primary Examiner(s): Chiang, Jack
• Application Number:
  US09/399,833
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 379/446, 379/455, 379/454, 379/426
• US Class Current: 379/446
• 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 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

A mobile phone holder is disclosed. The mobile phone has a disk operatively controlling a first plate and a second plate to move simultaneously to each other or away from each other. With such an arrangement, the mobile phone holder is able to adjust its size to receive all kinds of different mobile phones readily by simply rotating the disk.

Claims

1. A mobile phone holder comprising:

a base plate (11) having a first recess (110) defined in a bottom thereof, a first track (112) and a second track (1121) defined in a mediate portion thereof;

a front plate (12) detachably connected with the base plate (11) and having a second recess (120) defined to correspond to the first recess (11) and a through hole (121) defined through a periphery thereof;

a disk (13) partly and rotatably received in the through hole (121) of the front plate (12) and defining in a periphery thereof a helical groove (131);

a U-shaped clamp (16) having two hooks (161) formed to be received in the first recess (11) and the second recess (120) respectively so as to clamp the base plate (11) and the front plate (12) together;

a first plate (14) slidably movable with respect to

the base plate (11) and having a first bar (141) formed on a back face thereof to correspond to and received in the first track (112) of the base plate (11), a first boss (143) formed on a front face thereof to correspond to the helical groove (131) and a first stop (144);

a second plate (15) slidably movable with respect to the base plate (11) and having a second bar (151) formed on a back face thereof to correspond to and received in the second track (1121) of the base plate (11), a plurality of fingers (152) integrally extended out therefrom to alternatively correspond to the first fingers (142), a second boss (153) formed on a front face thereof to correspond to the helical groove (131) of the disk (13) and a second stop (154).

2. The mobile phone holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base plate further has a plurality of circular flanges (113) formed on the top portion thereof so as to respectively receive a nut (131) therein;

whereby with the co-operation between the circular flange (113) and the nut (1131), a necessary accessories, i.e., a belt, is able to be attached to the base plate (11).

3. The mobile phone holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first plate (14) and the second plate (15) are made symmetrically alike.

4. The mobile phone holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first plate (14) further has, a plurality of first fingers (142) integrally extended out therefrom and the second plate (15) has a plurality of second fingers (152) formed to alternatively correspond to the first fingers (142), whereby no relative vertical movement exists between the first plate (14) and the second plate (15).

5. The mobile phone holder as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first plate (14) has a first inclined plate (145) and a bottom (146) and the second plate (15) has a second inclined plate (155) and a bottom (156), such that after the first plate (14) and the second plate (15) are assembled, the first and the second inclined plates (145,155) are able to provide for the mobile phone to be smoothly slid into the mobile phone holder;

and the bottoms (146,156) are able to support the mobile phone when the mobile phone is received in the mobile phone holder.