Handset holder

• US 8,727,192 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chin-I Lai
• Original Assignee: Chin-I Lai
• Inventors: Lai, Chin-I
• Primary Examiner(s): Larson, Justin
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHMIDT, PHILLIP D
• Application Number:
  US13/313,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20130146632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 224/420, 224/276, 224/483, 224/282, 224/275, 224/572, 224/320, 224/929, 224/556, 224/570, 206/320, 455/575.9, 455/575.8, 379/454, 379/455, 379/450, 379/446, 379/449, D22/18, D12/415, D12/416, 248/316.4
• US Class Current: 224/420
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0059 using clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0071 using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0089 around three axes, i.e. universally mounted
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/00 Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/225 Mounting arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable

Abstract

A handset holder includes a holder, a strap means and a positioning member. The holder has a coupling portion at a rear end with external threads formed thereon. The coupling portion has an indented chamber to hold a chuck. The strap means includes a seat and a strap fastened to the seat. The seat has a ball head at a front end held in the chuck and a retaining slot threaded through by the strap. The positioning member mates the coupling portion and is fastenable therewith by screwing. The handset holder can be fastened to any type of vehicle tubular members through the strap. The holder is adjustable to a desired angle via the ball head and formed a firm positioning by tightly clamping the chuck via the positioning member. It is simpler to install and remove and provides wider applicability and improved practicality.

Claims

1. A handset holder, comprising:

a holder including a holding portion at a front end and a protrusive coupling portion at a rear end, the coupling portion including external threads, an indented chamber to hold a chuck which includes a plurality of clamp claws spaced from each other in an annular fashion, a front lid, a rear lid coupled together with the front lid, a left clamp wing and a right clamp wing arranged at the two sides of the rear lid respectively, and an adjustment assembly;

the left clamp wing and the right clamp wing respectively having a left saw teeth portion and a right saw teeth portion at a lower edge of the left clamp wing and the right clamp wing;

the adjustment assembly including a left gear set, a right gear set engaged with the left gear, a retaining member latched on a lower end of the left gear and an upright spring respectively coupled with the retaining member and the rear lid;

the left gear and the right gear being engaged respectively with the left saw teeth portion of the left clamp wing and the right saw teeth portion of the right clamp wing;

a strap means including a seat and a strap fastened to the seat, the strap including a latch teeth section on one surface thereof, the seat including a ball head at a front end thereof to be held in the chuck, a retaining slot threaded through by the strap, and a latch handle extended from one side of the retaining slot, the latch handle including a jutting end pointed towards the retaining slot; and

a positioning member being a lid and including an opening in the center thereof and internal threads on an inner rim of the positioning member fastenable to the coupling portion,

wherein the holder includes two support members;

the rear lid including a housing trough at an upper side thereof, two struts at a lower side of the housing trough arranged in an abreast manner and a fastening strut located below the struts, a latch cavity at the bottom side of the rear lid, and also two hinged holes at two sides of the rear lid and a notch on one lateral side of the rear lid;

one outward end of the left clamp wing and the right clamp wing respectively extending a left clamp portion and a right clamp portion, the right clamp wing also including a boss jutting from a rear side thereof, the left clamp wing and the right clamp wing mating each other and held in the housing trough;

the adjustment assembly including a transverse spring, and a pushbutton;

the transverse spring being located in the housing trough of the rear lid and one end of the transverse spring coupled on the boss of the right clamp wing, the left gear set including a first gear of a smaller diameter and a second gear of a greater diameter, the right gear set including a third gear of a smaller diameter and a fourth gear of a greater diameter, the left gear set and the right gear set being coupled respectively on the two struts of the rear lid, the second gear and the fourth gear being engaged with each other, the first gear and the third gear being engaged respectively with the left saw teeth portion of the left clamp wing and the right saw teeth portion of the right clamp wing;

the retaining member including a positioning hole at a lower end thereof and a protrusive portion at one side thereof, the positioning hole being coupled on the fastening strut of the rear lid, the retaining member further including a protrusive latch portion latched on a lower end of the second gear a slant surface on another side of the retaining member, a lower end of the upright spring butting in the latch cavity of the rear lid and an upper end of the upright spring coupled on the protrusive portion of the retaining member;

one end of the pushbutton extending outside the notch of the rear lid and another end formed an inclined portion butting the slant surface of the retaining member;

each support member including a pivotal head hinged in one hinged hole of the rear lid.

2. The handset holder of claim 1, wherein the left clamp portion and the right clamp portion respectively at an inner side corresponding to each other include a soft pad made from sponge or rubber.

3. The handset holder of claim 1, including a fastening member which includes a fastening portion and a C-shaped clamp, the fastening portion being fastened to a rear end of the seat of the strap means.

4. The handset holder of claim 2, including a fastening member which includes a fastening portion and a C-shaped clamp, the fastening portion being fastened to a rear end of the seat of the strap means.