International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation

William G MacKenzie

James T Asaki

Martin Feinberg

Cordless telephone system

Expansible compact telephone

A multi-purpose telephone holder is adapted to hold or position a compact telephone subset in three different orientations. The unit comprises a first tray module which essentially is a relatively rectangular housing configuration having sloping sidewalls, a back wall, an open front end and a bottom surface. A second assembly is a clip mechanism which is adapted to coact with the bottom surface of the tray and has two side retaining arms and two bottom arms for accommodating the subset in a vertical position. Suitable apertures are located in the bottom surface of the tray to enable the clip and tray to be positioned on a wall above a standard baseboard telephone jack. A third component consists of an adapter wall plate which has a peripheral flange for coacting with corresponding flanges on the bottom surface of the tray. The wall plate enables one to position the same over a standard modular wall plate jack and to then secure the tray and clip mechanism to the adapter plate to enable the user to mount the subset over the modular wall plate jack with a minimum of effort and mechanical skill.

Multi-purpose telephone holder apparatus

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There is disclosed a compact telephone instrument with a telescoping operation. A first housing has a conventional telephone receiver located within a hollow recess thereof. The housing is removably secured to a bottom housing which contains a dialer assembly. A series of guide mechanisms are formed in both housings and are used to accommodate a third housing containing a telephone transmitter. The third housing is slidably mounted within the receiver and dialer housings to enable on-hook and off-hook operations by sliding and extending outwardly for off-hook operation and by pushing the housing inward for on-hook operation. The transmitter housing is accurately guided between the receiver and dialer housings by means of the guide mechanisms to insure accurate and reliable operation relatively independent of the nature of the force exerted by a user on the transmitter housing when operating the instrument. The movement of the transmitter housing between the on and off hook positions automatically activates a hook switch arrangement by means of tabs which are permanently secured on slide members associated with the transmitter housing and which tabs actuate leaf spring switches located on a component board positioned between the dialer and receiver housings. The telephone instrument employs conventional telephone components to further assure reliable electrical and mechanical operation.

Compact telescoping telephone set

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Middletown, NJ, United States of America

William G MacKenzie