Mobile telephone hanging device

• US 5,850,996 A
• Filed: 03/05/1996
• Issued: 12/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Two Thousand And One Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Two Thousand And One Technology, Inc.
• Inventors: Liang, Ying-Ping
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin-Shue, Alvin C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phan, Long Dinh
• Application Number:
  US08/611,492
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• Field of Search: 248/221.11, 248/220.21, 248/223.41, 224/271, 224/272, 224/197, 224/674, 224/675, 224/930, 24/3.1, 24/3.5, 24/3.11, 24/615
• US Class Current: 248/221.11
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/026 with a pin having an enlarged head detachably connected to a fastening device, e.g. to a pin receiving slot
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1376 Holder contains pocket engager [e.g., antitheft device, wallet protector]

Abstract

A mobile telephone hanging device which includes a base plate, a clamping plate hinged to the base plate for fastening it to the user'"'"'s belt, a hanging plate fixedly secured to the mobile telephone and having a grooved hanging rod for fastening to the base plate, the base plate having a smoothly curved rib for hanging the hanging rod of the hanging plate and an elongated movable plate for stopping the hanging rod of the hanging plate in the engaged position, and two push rods controlled to release the elongated movable plate from the hanging rod of the hanging plate for permitting the hanging plate to be disconnected from the base plate.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone hanging device comprising:

an integrally formed base plate, said base plate comprising a front side, two symmetrical bevel ribs raised from said front side, a smoothly curved connecting rib connected between said bevel ribs in parallel to said front side and defining with said front side a receiving chamber receiving a rounded hanging rod of a mobile telephone permitting the rounded hanging rod of the mobile telephone to be forced into engagement with said smoothly curved connecting rib, an opening in the middle between said bevel ribs, an elongated movable plate hinged to the periphery of said opening and projecting downward toward said receiving chamber stopping the rounded hanging rod of the mobile telephone into engagement with said smoothly curved connecting rib, two extension strips respectively extending from said elongated movable plate and sloping downwardly outwards and projecting into said receiving chamber, an upwardly arched rib disposed in said receiving chamber and spaced between said front side and said smoothly curved connecting rib supporting the rounded hanging rod of the mobile telephone in said receiving chamber, two bottom lugs bilaterally disposed at a bottom side thereof and defining a respective pin hole, and two sloping push rod holder portions symmetrically disposed at two opposite sides and defining a respective receiving hole;

a clamping plate having a top side connected to said base plate, a bottom side terminating in an upright stop wall, and two plug pins bilaterally disposed adjacent to said upright stop wall for fitting into the pin holes of the bottom lugs of said base plate to secure said base plate to the user'"'"'s belt; and

two push rods respectively inserted into the receiving holes of the sloping push rod holder portions of said base plate, each of said push rods having a handle at an outer end thereof for pushing by hand, a stop edge in the middle engaged with the periphery of the opening of said base plate, and a beveled tip at an inner end stopped against one of the extension strips of said base plate, said push rods pulling said extension strips downwards to move said elongated movable plate toward said opening permitting the rounded hanging rod of the mobile telephone to be disconnected from said base plate, when they are respectively pushed inwards.

2. The mobile telephone hanging device of claim 1 wherein said base plate and said clamping plate are connected together by a hinge.

3. The mobile telephone hanging device of claim 1 wherein said base plate and said clamping plate are integrally molded from plastic.

4. The mobile telephone hanging device of claim 1 further comprising a hanging plate fixedly fastened to the mobile telephone for fastening to said base plate, said hanging plate including a mounting board for fastening to the mobile telephone, the hanging rod raised from said mounting board for insertion into the receiving chamber of said base plate to be stopped between the arched rib and elongated movable plate of said base plate, and an annular groove around said hanging rod for engagement with the smoothly curved connecting rib of said base plate.

5. The mobile telephone hanging device of claim 4 wherein said hanging rod of said hanging plate has a rounded profile.

6. The mobile telephone hanging device of claim 1 wherein the handle of each of said push rods has an arched profile of greater width than the width of the respective push rod.

7. The mobile telephone hanging device of claim 1 wherein said clamping plate has adhesion means at a back side thereof opposite to said upright stop wall for fastening.