Patent ID: 6088447
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone base unit comprising:an upper base housing;a lower base housing;a visual display module pivotally mounted in said base unit, said visual display module having a bottom surface, an outer convex surface, and a viewing surface which is visible from said upper base housing, said visual display module having a plurality of indents in said outer convex surface; andat least one cantilever snap member being molded into one of said base housings and being arranged to engage said indents in said visual display module for indexing said visual display module at a plurality of angular positions, said at least one cantilever snap member engaging the bottom surface of said visual display module when securing said visual display module in a fully elevated angular position so that the bottom surface of said visual display module is seated on top of said at least one cantilever snap member.