Patent ID: 6351535
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
The combination of a telephone component and a base component for supporting the telephone component at a plurality of angles with respect to a surface on which the base component is placed, one said component defining a concavely curved portion, the other said component defining a convexly curved portion adapted to nest within and be guided by said concavely curved portion such that, while the base component remains stationary, the telephone component can swing through a range of angulation with respect to said base component; retention means operatively associated with said curved portions for maintaining said portions in nested relationship while permitting said telephone component to swing with respect to the base component; and finger-operated release and locking means adapted to release the two components for mutual rotation upon the application of finger pressure, and to secure the two components in any one of a plurality of mutual angulations upon release of finger pressure.