Exchangeable radiotelephone covers

• US 6,594,472 B1
• Filed: 02/11/2000
• Issued: 07/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: McKay, Michael, Andersen, Jesper, Pontoppidan, Morten, Kristensen, Jakob, Nicolaisen, Claus, Primdahl, Anne, Curtis, Alastair, Plenge, Gert, Poulsen, Bent Ole, Kristensen, Allan Moeller
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Milord, Marceau
• Application Number:
  US09/503,595
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90, 455/550, 455/575, 455/569, 379/433.13, 379/433.12, 379/428.01, 379/428.02, 379/432, 379/434
• US Class Current: 455/575.8
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0252 by means of a snap-on mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0283 for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate

Abstract

An electronic radiotelephone comprising a first housing, a second housing, and an inner housing having retaining means for retaining to the inner housing the electronic components of the radiotelephone; and first releasable attaching means for releasable attaching the first housing to the inner housing, wherein the first housing, when attached to the inner housing, is presented towards a user during operation of the radiotelephone; and second releasably attaching means for releasable attaching the second housing to the inner housing, wherein the second housing, when attached to the inner housing, faces away from the user during operation of the radiotelephone.

Claims

1. A set of exchangeable cover parts for enclosing a radiotelephone body containing the electronic components of the radio telephone,

said set of exchangeable cover parts includes an exchangeable front cover and an exchangeable rear cover,

a first one of said set of exchangeable cover parts includes:

first locking means in a first end of said first cover part for engaging a lower end of the radiophone body in order to guide said first cover part in a pivotal movement when attached to the radiophone body, and

second locking means in an end opposite to the first end for engaging an upper portion of the radiophone body by means of a snap-on connection,

a second one of said set of exchangeable cover parts for being slidable coupled to the first cover part when placed on the radiophone body, said second cover part includes;

third locking means in an upper end of said second coverpart for engaging said second locking means of the first cover part in order to prohibit a release of said snap-on connection when the set of exchangeable cover parts are assembled with the radiophone body sandwiched in between,

fourth locking means in a lower end of said second cover part for engaging said first locking means of the first cover part in order to prohibit a release said engagement when the set of exchangeable cover parts are assembled with the radiophone body sandwiched in between, and

fifth locking means for interacting with a locking means on the radiophone body in order to block the slidability of the second cover part relatively to the first cover part when placed on the radiophone body, and said fifth locking means are releasably by means of a user operated release button.