Patent ID: 6101247
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A telephone set constructed for readily accessible assembly or servicing of operating components in the interior of said set, said telephone set comprising:a) an outer housing having an interior compartment with operating components in the interior compartment of said outer housing;b) means forming an enlarged access opening leading into the interior compartment and the operating components therein;c) an outer closure panel disposable over said access opening closing off access to the interior compartment when in a closed position;d) a hinge mechanism associated with said closure panel allowing said closure panel to be shifted upwardly about a hinge axis to a fully opened position and automatically locked in the open position and back downwardly to a closed position over said access opening; ande) said housing having an elongate slit receiving an arm on said hinge means and allowing said arm to extend into and through said slit allowing rockable non-slidable movement of the hinge means at the slit and which permits said hinge mechanism to become fully disengaged from said housing and separated from said housing when said closure panel is rotated slightly about an axis angulated away from the hinge axis of the hinge means relative to said housing.