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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1977
Mace Bell, Rowayton, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
A lightweight, somewhat book-shaped control unit having displays, signal lights, data entry keys, and control keys disposed in a panel has one side edge of the case rounded to permit holding in the hand in a fashion that allows pressing of a data entry key with the thumb of the same hand, there being a hand strap to assist in holding with one hand, the strap having its upper end attached to the case parallel to the edge of the case and its lower end attached to the case perpendicular to the edge of the case. A cable, which provides interconnecting wires to a console, enters at one end of the hand-holding edge of the case, normal to the edge, thereby facilitating leading the cable from the interior of the automobile when the unit is hung on the steering wheel of the vehicle by an open hanger disposed on the back of the unit, or while being held in the hand within the vehicle, as well as facilitating carrying of the unit from place to place against the weight of the dragging cable, which may be on the order of 30 feet.