Patent ID: 6188917
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable telecommunications assembly hand-supportable by a user thereof and operable to communicate communication media with a remote station, said portable telecommunications assembly comprising:a communication device having communication-device circuitry for operating upon the communication media and a supportive housing for supportively housing the communication-device circuitry thereat, the supportive housing having an inwardly-extending port formed to extend inwardly from an edge-side face surface of the supportive housing; anda portable radio telephone insertable into the inwardly-extending port of the supportive housing of said communication device to be docked in a docking position thereat, said portable radio telephone having radio telephonic circuitry for transceiving radio frequency communication signals representative of the communication media and a radio telephone housing for supportively housing the radio telephonic circuitry therein, the radio telephonic housing having a proximal end-side portion insertable into the inwardly-extending port and a distal end-side portion extending beyond the supportive housing of said communication device, the distal end-side portion of the radio telephonic housing forming a user hand-hold permitting the user to hand support, said portable radio telephone together with said communication device, said portable radio telephone and said communication device together positionable by the user to be hand-supported at any desired orientation by the user, thereafter to permit the user to effectuate operation of the communication device while the communication device and the radio telephone are positioned in the desired orientation.