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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1997
Louis J Lundell, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Sang Y Oh, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Terron C Newman, Country Club Hills, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A telephone apparatus (100) includes a base (102) and a handset (104) configurable in a desktop mode and a wall mount mode. Spring loaded detents (132, 134) in the base (102) engage recesses in the handset (104) in wall mount mode to securely retain the handset (104) in a pocket (101) in the base. The base includes a switchable detent mechanism (170) for retracting the detents (132, 134) in response to an actuator (150) when the base (102) is switched from wall mount mode to desktop mode. Thus, the detents (132, 134) do not interfere with the handset (104) when the handset (104) is placed in or withdrawn from the pocket (101).