Holder for mobile telephone

• US 6,149,116 A
• Filed: 04/05/1999
• Issued: 11/21/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DL Telecom Company Limited
• Original Assignee: DL Telecom Company Limited
• Inventors: Won, Ryu Byung
• Primary Examiner(s): King, Anita M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MORRISON, NASCHICA SANDERS
• Application Number:
  US09/286,487
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 248/309.4, 248/683, 248/206.5, 248/298.1, 248/346.03, 211/70.7, 224/562, 224/558, 224/553, 224/555, 224/275, 224/929, 224/901, 224/483, 224/183, 455/550, 455/575, 455/90, 455/344, 455/345, 455/346, 455/347, 455/348, 379/454, 379/446, 379/455, 379/447, 379/448
• US Class Current: 248/309.4
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0005 Dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/007 using magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0077 using adhesive means, e.g. hook and loop fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0078 Quick-disconnect two-parts mounting means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device

Abstract

A holder for a mobile telephone is provided, which includes a main body to which a mobile telephone is magnetically attached, and an angle controllable attachment supporting means for attaching the main body to the surface of an object such as a vehicle dashboard. The magnetic attachment means includes a magnet fixed to the main body, and a piece of iron attachable to the back of the mobile telephone and attachable to the magnet by magnetic force. The angle controllable supporting means comprises a pair of independently moveable hinge-connected supports which are also hinge-connected to the bottom of the main body. The main body can be attached to the dashboard of a vehicle without regard to the curvature of the surface of the dashboard, and the mobile telephone can be securely attached magnetically and easily separated from the holder.

Claims

1. A holder for a mobile telephone, comprising:

having magnetic attachment means thereon to which a mobile telephone may be magnetically attached;

support means for attaching the main body to a surface of an object, said support means including a pair of hingedly interconnected independently moveable supports, said supports being rotatably hinge-connected to hinge pieces formed at both sides of the bottom of the main body.

2. The holder for a mobile telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnetic attachment means includes a magnet fixed to the main body.

3. The holder for a mobile telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the main body has a depression on its top, the depression having a recess into which the magnet is fixed.

4. The holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supports and of the supporting means have a two-sided adhesive tape attached thereon, said tape having an outer side for attachment to the surface of the object, and said tape being formed of an elastic material.

5. The holder as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a separation/attachment means slidably received within said holder for easily separating a piece of iron from a magnet.

6. The holder as claimed in claim 5, wherein the separation/attachment means comprises an elevating member elevatably inserted into a hole formed at one side of a depression of the main body;

a pressing member slidably connected to a slide cut formed at a lower part of a middle portion of the main body, the pressing member elevating the elevating member; and

a spring connected between a supporting cut formed at an internal side of the slide cut of the main body and a supporting protrusion formed at an internal side of the pressing member, the spring externally elastically supporting the pressing member.

7. The holder as claimed in claim 6 wherein the pressing member is constructed in such a manner that a pressing portion is formed at one end of a sliding portion having a guide cut and a hole therein, the pressing portion externally protruding through an opening formed at one side of the main body, and the pressing portion and sliding portion comprising an integral body;

the guide cut providing guide protrusions at each side of said sliding portion;

the elevating member being inserted into the guide cut in said sliding portion, allowing an inclined bottom of the elevating member to come into contact with a slope of the guide cut and allowing the guide protrusions to be inserted into the guide cuts formed at both sides of the bottom of the elevating member; and

a stop formed at a middle portion of the bottom of the sliding portion is inserted into a guide hole formed at a middle portion of the slide cut.