Two piece actuator for clip mount system for cellular phone or personal electronic device
First Claim
1. A clip mount for a cell phone or personal electronic device attachment system with a button mount, said clip mount comprising:
- a body defining a complementary locking cavity for said button;
a resilient locking tongue extending within said body into said locking cavity and adapted to bias said button into a locking position in said locking cavity, said resilient locking tongue having at a cam surface; and
a two piece cam actuator movably mounted on said body, a first member of said two piece cam actuator made of polycarbonate resin forming a cam actuator surface coacting with said cam surface wherein, in a first actuator position, said resilient locking tongue is adapted to bias said button into said locking position and, in a second actuator position, said cam actuator surface acts on said cam surface and forces said resilient locking tongue out of said locking position to release said button.
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Abstract
The clip-mount operates with a button sub-mount system and includes a body defining a locking cavity for the button and a resilient locking tongue therein. The tongue biases the button into a locking position with a cam surface. A movable cam actuator on the body includes another cam surface which coacts with the first cam permitting the tongue to flex or unlock. The actuator is a two piece actuator with one member-cam surface made of harder, polycarbonate plastic resin than the other and the tongue cam surface. An enhancement includes both an unlocking cam and a second locking cam structure. The method includes biasing the button to a locking position and moving one cam over another thereby flexing the tongue from a locked to a button release position. A plastic spring biases the actuator-plunger.
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9 Claims
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1. A clip mount for a cell phone or personal electronic device attachment system with a button mount, said clip mount comprising:
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a body defining a complementary locking cavity for said button; a resilient locking tongue extending within said body into said locking cavity and adapted to bias said button into a locking position in said locking cavity, said resilient locking tongue having at a cam surface; and a two piece cam actuator movably mounted on said body, a first member of said two piece cam actuator made of polycarbonate resin forming a cam actuator surface coacting with said cam surface wherein, in a first actuator position, said resilient locking tongue is adapted to bias said button into said locking position and, in a second actuator position, said cam actuator surface acts on said cam surface and forces said resilient locking tongue out of said locking position to release said button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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