Patent ID: 6396925
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A device for holding a cellular telephone in a vehicle beverage holder fixedly mounted to the vehicle and having an inner wall provided with a surface area that defines an inner diameter of the vehicle beverage holder, said device comprising:(a) a partially pliable cylindrical body having a weighted bottom and an outer wall extending substantially perpendicularly upward therefrom and defining a substantially uniform outer diameter of said device, said cylindrical body having a cavity defined therein that tapers generally inward and that extends substantially downward from a top surface of said cylindrical body, said tapered cavity frictionally holding the cellular telephone in said device; (b) said outer diameter of said device being larger than the inner diameter of the vehicle beverage holder so that said outer wall of said cylindrical body becomes temporarily deformed and frictionally engages substantially the entire surface area of the inner wall of the vehicle beverage holder to hold said device securely in place when said device is placed in the vehicle beverage holder.