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Portable telephone with flap hinged to its casing

  • US 6,704,585 B1
  • Filed: 02/17/2000
  • Issued: 03/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable telephone including:

  • a casing;

    a flap pivotable relative to the casing and able to assume different angular positions relative to the casing between two extreme positions;

    a retracted position R, in which the flap is retracted against the casing, and a deployed position D, in which the flap is at an angle of substantially 180°

    to the casing;

    means for sensing the position of the flap; and

    a switch connected to the sensing means to select an “

    off-hook”

    mode enabling a telephone call to be conducted when the flap is in the deployed position or an “

    on-hook”

    mode in which a user cannot converse when the flap is in the retracted position, wherein the switch further includes a means for selecting a “

    hands-free”

    mode when the flap is in a particular intermediate position wherein the switch selects a mode of operation by a user solely moving the flap.

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