Patent ID: 6510325
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H04B,H04M,H04R

Abstract:
A portable communications device, comprising:a telephone transmitter/receiver, the telephone transmitter/receiver further comprising: means to transmit telephone data; means to receive telephone data; a speaker; a microphone; a keypad for entering data; a base segment having a lower hinge and an upper hinge; an upper segment attached to the upper hinge, the upper segment hingedly attached to the upper hinge such that it can be folded substantially against the base segment in a folded position or unfolded in an unfolded position such that it extends outward from the base segment at a preselected angle; a lower segment attached to the lower hinge, the lower segment hingedly attached to the lower hinge such that it can be folded substantially against the base segment in a folded position or unfolded in an unfolded position such that it extends outward from the base segment at a preselected angle; the lower segment and the upper segment sized such that when they are in the folded position, the upper segment, the lower segment, and the base segment collectively are shaped in the form of a cellular telephone handset; and the lower segment and the upper segment further sized such that when they are in the unfolded position, the upper segment, the lower segment, and the base segment collectively are shaped in the form of a telephone headset; whereby the portable communications device can be converted from a handheld telephone into a telephone headset.