Patent ID: 6785386
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A housing component providing at least part of a rear cover of a radio handset having a front operating face including an earpiece and a keypad, said rear cover being formed with a laterally extending recessed surface area surrounded by peripheral elevated bank areas of the cover with curved walls at a junction of the bank areas with the recessed surface area, said recessed surface area being sized and positioned towards an end of the radio handset containing the earpiece so as to receive and support a plurality of fingers of a user and to properly orient the radio handset during use, wherein said recessed surface area extends across a majority of a width of said rear cover for receiving the plurality of fingers of the user, and wherein said recessed surface area comprises a substantially smooth continuous finger contact surface across said recessed surface area to allow the plurality of fingers to contact the finger contact surface.