Patent ID: 6286737
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A45F,H04M,H04W,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for the attachment of mobile phones or like apparatus to a belt or other garment of a user, said device including a receptacle body and corresponding flanged lug fastener which is attached to the mobile phone or like apparatus, said receptacle being adapted to be attached to a belt or the like by means of a clip means positioned on the receptacle body, said body having an opening located at its top side portion into which the flange of said lug fastener is received with the lug fastener extending through a slot on said receptacle body communicating with said opening such that said mobile phone or like apparatus is positioned outside and adjacent said receptacle body when said lug fastener is received within said receptacle body, wherein said device further includes a locking means within said receptacle body, said locking means having a movable carriage movable between a receiving position and a holding position, said carriage receiving said flange of said lug fastener when said movable carriage is in said receiving position, and said carriage having holding means to capture and hold said flange of said lug fastener within said carriage when said movable fastener is moved into said holding position, and wherein the holding means is a pair of pliable arms or articulated arms which are part of the carriage, the arms being forced around the lug fastener to prevent the lug fastener from moving out of the carriage.