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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1989
Edward J Hollowed, Naperville, IL (US);
Jerome L Oldani, Aurora, IL (US);
GTE Airfone Incorporated, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
For use in conjunction with vehicular, hand-held, pay telephones, a telephone dispenser and latching mechanism for securing the telephone in the dispenser and, in response to actuation by a telephone user, releasing the telephone from the dispenser. The dispenser includes an elongated dispenser channel of stepwise construction. The dispenser channel is enclosed at one end by a latch plate including a credit-card-actuated latching mechanism. The dispenser channel is enclosed at an opposite end by a face plate having an opening for the insertion and extraction of the telephone from the dispenser channel and a slot for the insertion of a credit-card. A latch-release actuator is located behind the face plate slot and is mechanically linked to the latching mechanism. A credit card, once inserted into the slot, causes the latching mechanism to disengage from the telephone, permitting an ejector mechanism to urge the telephone out of the dispenser. An included mounting arrangement fixes the telephone dispenser and its associated telephone to the passenger seat armrest of a commercial vehicle.