Abstract:
The invention relates to a mobile phone holder for attaching a mobile phone to a body part of a user or to a dashboard or other structures in a vehicle. The mobile phone can be intermittently rotated under the manipulation of the user and attached/detached to a waist belt or the structures in the vehicle in an easy and secure manner. This prevents loss of the mobile phone while ensuring convenience in use.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a mobile phone holder, in particular, which is easily attached or coupled to a body region of a user or an interior structure of a vehicle, rotated in a natural fashion according to movement of the user, and readily adjusted in angle by the user. 
   2. Description of the Related Art 
   As well known in the art, mobile phones such as a cellular phone and PCS which have been developed owing to information communication are being widely spread among common people while various functions are being added to the mobile phones according to desires of consumers. New techniques are under continuous development allowing expensive instruments to be carried and used in a more convenient and safe fashion, and examples thereof may include a so-called a handsfree holder or a holder for attaching a mobile phone to a waist belt of a user or to a dashboard of a vehicle. 
   The structure of such a portable phone holder will be briefly described as follows: 
     FIGS. 1 to 3  illustrate a type of holder which is attached to a region in a human body. The holder has a support member  2  fixed to the rear face of a housing  1  for receiving a portable phone and an hanger piece  3  coupled to the support member  2  via a fastening member  5 , in which the hanger piece  3  has a number of concave fitting portions  4 . 
   The attaching piece  10  is coupled to a holder  10  which has a body portion  11 , a variable fastening portion  15 , a pressing member  12 , an attaching member  14  and a leaf spring  13 . 
   The variable fastening portion  15  has a variable rotary shaft  17  removably attached to the hanger piece  3  in the rear face of the housing  1  and a variable fitting projection  17  projected in a lower portion of the variable rotary shaft  17  and selectively caught by the concave fitting portions  4  to be supported thereto. 
   The pressing member  12  is coupled to the body portion  11  to operate the variable fastening portion  15 , the attaching member  14  is positioned in the rear face of the body portion  11 , and the leaf spring  13  is coupled by both ends to the body portion  11  and the attaching member  14 , respectively, for elastically supporting the lower end of the attaching member  14  toward the lower end of the body portion  11 . 
   In such a conventional mobile phone holder, when the hanger piece  3  is inserted into the body portion  11  of the holder  10 , the hanger piece  3  is coupled by its central portion to the variable rotary shaft  17  of the variable fastening portion  15 , in which a corresponding one of the concave fitting portions  4  is supportedly coupled to the variable fitting projection  16 . When the housing  1  is rotated from this position, the housing  1  is intermittently rotated as the concave fitting portions  4  are repeatedly coupled and released to/from the variable fitting projection  16 . 
     FIG. 2  illustrates the coupled position between the variable fastening portion  15  and the hanger piece  3 . Referring to  FIG. 2 , when the mobile phone is fastened to the holder  10  in a belt around the waist, the variable rotary shaft  17  of the variable fastening portion  15  is coupled to a central hole  3   a  of the hanger piece  3  while the variable fitting projection  16  of the variable fastening portion  15  is coupled to a corresponding one of the concave fitting portion  4  of the hanger piece  3 . In this manner, the hanger piece  3  is supportedly coupled to the variable fastening portion  15 . 
   When the mobile phone is rotated from this position, the variable fitting projection  16  of the variable fitting portion  15  is released from one of the concave fitting portions  4  as shown in  FIG. 3  and coupled with another one of the concave fitting portions  4  so as to adjust the angle of the portable phone coupled to the holder  10 . The conventional portable phone holder has a very weak coupling force between the variable fitting projection  16  and the concave fitting portions  4  so that the weight of the portable phone itself can arbitrarily change the position of the portable phone. In particular, the potable phone can be changed into an undesirable angle under a slight impact which may occur during walking. 
   One of reasons for this problem relates to the coupling depth d between the variable fitting projection  16  and the corresponding one of the concave fitting portions  4 . If the concave fitting portions  4  of the hanger piece  3  have a too large depth d, the variable fitting projects  16  can be securely inserted and supported into the same so as to prevent any undesired rotation of the portable phone. However, when the portable phone is to be rotated, the variable fitting projection  16  may not be smoothly released from the concave fitting portions  4  so that the portable phone can be hardly adjusted in angle. 
   Therefore, the conventional portable phone holder is necessarily manufactured so that the variable fitting projection  16  is readily released from the concave fitting portions  4 . For the purpose of this, it is required to manufacture the portable phone holder so that the end of the variable fitting projection  16  is slightly caught by the concave fitting portions  4  as shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 . As set forth above, this results in a very weak coupling force between the variable fitting portion  16  and the concave fitting portions  4  so that the portable phone which is adjusted in angle is rotated into an undesired angle without being suitably supported. 
   Further, since the conventional portable phone holder is generally fixed to only a belt clip in use, a normal effect can be rarely expected if the waist belt is not worn. If the holder is fixed to the waist belt, it can be loosed down. Even if a slightest force is applied, the holder can be released even causing a reason of losing the portable phone. 
   Further, as the attaching member  14  in  FIG. 1  is attached to the waist belt under the elastic force of the leaf spring  13 , when a user sits on a chair or bends his/her waist as wearing the mobile phone, a lower portion of the housing  1  presses a body portion with a force larger than the elastic force of the leaf spring  13  so that the attaching member  14  can be released from the waist belt thereby causing the mobile phone to be lost. 
   In the meantime,  FIGS. 4 and 5  shows a conventional holder structure installed in a vehicle. The holder  20  has a fixing plate  22  attached to a dashboard of a vehicle  27  and a holder body  21  installed on the fixing plate  22  with a hanging groove  23 . The fixing plate  22  is generally made of flexible synthetic resin and the holder body  21  is made of rigid synthetic resin, in which the fixing plate  22  and the holder body  21  are fixedly connected via a connecting portion  25  as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
   In the holder  20  configured as above, a separately provided hanger piece  26  is attached to the rear portion of mobile phone M and then a coupling portion  26   a  of the hanger piece  26  is fixedly inserted into the hanging groove  23  in a vertical direction to be placed in a receiving space  24  of the holder body  21  so that the mobile phone M can be hanged. The un-designated reference number  26   b  is a double-sided tape. 
   However, in the conventional holder  20  of this configuration, the angle of the holder body  21  cannot be changed at all thereby creating a problem that sometimes a driver cannot watch a liquid crystal display of the mobile phone. 
   Further, the fixing plate  22  is attached to the dashboard  27  of the vehicle by using the double-sided tape  22   a  in general. If the dashboard  27  is heavily curved, attachment is not easy. Moreover, even if the fixing plate  22  is attached, the fixing plate  22  may be easily detached from the dashboard owing to vibration and impact of the vehicle and the weight of the mobile phone. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   The present invention has been made to solve the foregoing problems and it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone holder which prevents release of a mobile phone from any object to which the mobile phone is fixed so as to prevent loss thereof while allowing the mobile phone to be naturally adjusted in angle not to cause the user any inconvenience. 
   It is another object of the invention to provide a mobile phone holder which fixedly attaches a mobile phone to an interior structure of a vehicle while allowing the mobile phone to be adjusted in angle if needed and the adjusted position to be securely maintained. 
   According to an aspect of the invention to obtain the above objects, it is provided a mobile phone holder assembly comprising: a hanger piece fixed to a rear face of a mobile phone or a mobile phone housing; a holder body having a guide in a front portion into which the hanger piece is inserted downward and supported therein and a vertical slide slot; a locker coupled to the slide slot in a vertically displaceable manner; a rear plate fixed to a rear face of the holder body; means for restraining vertical displacement of the locker and supporting the hanger piece inserted through the guide in a rotatable position; means for maintaining rotation angle of the hanger piece; a clip disposed in a rear portion of the rear plate, the clip being pivotable about the upper end; and a locking member for pressing or releasing the upper end of the clip so that a lower portion of the clip pressingly contacts with a lower portion of the rear plate. 
   In the invention as above, the holder can conveniently and securely attach the mobile phone to a body part of a user, in which the mobile phone can be freely rotated as desired by the user and maintain the rotated position in respect to the holder unless any external force is not applied. 
   According to another aspect of the invention to obtain the above objects, it is provided a mobile phone holder assembly comprising: a hanger piece fixed to a rear face of a mobile phone or a mobile phone housing; a rectangular panel-shaped fixing plate detachably attached to an exterior structure; a holder body coupled to the fixing plate in a laterally rotatable state via a rotation mechanism and having a hanging slot in a front portion into which the hanger piece is inserted downward and supported therein; and means for attaching the fixing plate to the exterior structure. 
   In the holder of the invention as above, a driver in a vehicle can rotate a mobile phone laterally in respect to the holder to adjust angular field thereby advantageously obtaining convenience in use. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
       FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view a conventional mobile phone holder attachable to a body part of a user; 
       FIGS. 2 and 3  are sectional view of the conventional mobile phone holder attachable to a body part of a user; 
       FIG. 4  is an exploded perspective view a conventional mobile phone holder attachable to a vehicle; 
       FIG. 5  is a sectional view of the conventional mobile phone holder attachable to a vehicle; 
       FIG. 6  is an exploded perspective view of a mobile phone holder according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
       FIG. 7  is a sectional view illustrating the assembled state of the mobile phone holder shown in  FIG. 6 ; 
       FIG. 8  is a front elevation view illustrating the assembled state of the mobile phone holder shown in  FIG. 6 ; 
       FIG. 9  is a front elevation view illustrating an application of the mobile phone holder of the invention; 
       FIG. 10  is a front view of the mobile phone holder according to one embodiment of the invention. 
       FIGS. 11 to 15  are drawings illustrating cooperation among major parts according to angle adjustment of the mobile phone holder of the invention; 
       FIGS. 16 and 17  are schematic front elevation views of a mobile phone holder according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
       FIG. 18  is a partial schematic perspective view of a mobile phone holder according to the third embodiment of the invention; 
       FIG. 19  is an exploded perspective view of a mobile phone holder according to the fourth embodiment of the invention; 
       FIG. 20  is a sectional view of an application of the mobile phone holder shown in  FIG. 19 ; 
       FIG. 21  is a perspective view of a mobile phone holder according to the fifth embodiment of the invention; and 
       FIG. 22  is a sectional view of an application of the mobile phone holder shown in  FIG. 21 . 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   The following detailed description will present a preferred embodiment of the invention in reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     FIG. 6  is an exploded perspective view of a mobile phone holder according to the first embodiment of the invention. Referring to  FIG. 6 , the mobile phone holder  130  of the invention has an hanger piece  131 , a holder body  146 , a locker  140 , an operating piece  155 , a rear plate  150 , a clip  160 , a locking piece  164  and two springs, i.e. a locker spring  148  and an operating piece spring  169 . 
   In both sides of the front portion of the holder body  136 , slide grooves  138  are provided along a vertical direction. In front of the slide grooves  138 , a guide  139  is provided along the longitudinal direction thereof for guiding the periphery of the hanger piece  131  which will be described hereinafter. In a central portion of the holder body  136 , a through-hole  137  is provided. 
   The hanger piece  131  has a fixing portion  132  coupled to the rear face of a mobile phone or a housing thereof and an operating portion  133  connected to a central portion of the fixing portion  132  and having a plurality of peripheral meshing projections  135  in a radial configuration and a central bore  134  in a central portion of the meshing projections  135 . 
   The locker  140  has an elongated portion  141 , a pressing portion  142  in the upper end of the elongate portion  141  and guide thresholds  143  at both sides of the elongated portion  141 . The guide thresholds  143  are correspondingly coupled to the slide grooves of the holder body  136  and vertically displaced along the same. 
   Further, the locker  140  has an operating hole  144  in a lower portion of the elongated portion  141  and an inclined pressing face  145  above the operating hole  144 . The pressing face  145  is so provided to face the through-hole  137  of the holder body  136  when the locker  140  is coupled to the holder body  136 . In a lower front portion of the locker  140 , a coupling projection  146  is projected. 
   When the hanger piece  131  is coupled to the holder body  136 , the coupling projection  146  of the locker is closely supported by its upper portion between the two adjacent one of the meshing projections  135 . When the hanger piece  131  is rotated, the meshing projections  135  repeatedly force the locker  140  downward while passing along the coupling projection  146 . 
   In the lower face of the locker  40 , a fixing projection  147  is extended according to a feature of the invention. Below the fixing projection  147 , a locker spring  148  is provided in the bottom of the holder body  136  corresponding to the fixing projection  147  according to another feature of the invention. 
   The rear plate  150  is coupled to the rear face of the holder body  136  via bolts  170 . The rear plate  150  has horizontal vertical slots  152  and  153  formed into a T-shape in an upper portion of the rear plate  150 , hinge brackets  154  at both sides of the horizontal and vertical slots  152  and  153 , and a spring settling groove  151  in the inner face of the rear plate  150 .@ 
   The operating piece  155  comprises a base  156  for being coupled to the spring settling groove  151  of the rear plate  150  and a latch  157  projected from a portion of the base  156 . The latch  157  provided in one face of the base  156  is inserted into the operating hole  144  of the locker  140 , and has a guide face  158  opposed to the pressing face  145  of the operating hole  144 . The operating hole  144  is wider than the vertical width of the latch  157  so that a tolerance t is formed with a predetermined magnitude between the pressing face  145  and the guide face  158 . 
   The operating piece spring  169  is provided between the base  156  of the operating piece  155  and the spring settling groove  151  of the rear plate  150  to elastically support the guide face  158  of the operating piece  155  toward the pressing face  145  of the locker  140 . 
   The clip  160  has a folded portion  161  having a point-symmetric shape of L to be placed in the horizontal slot  152  of the rear plate  150  and an entrance  162  under the folded portion  161  opposite to the vertical slot  153  of the rear plate  150 . 
   Between the entrance  162  of the clip  160  and the vertical slot  153  of the rear plate, a leaf spring  163  is interposed to outwardly spreading the lower end of the clip  160 . 
   The locking piece  164  comprises a hinge  165  disposed between two hinge brackets  154  which are backwardly projected from two lateral portions of the upper end of the rear plate  150  and coupled to the hinge brackets  154  via a hinge pin  168 , a gripping portion  166  extended relatively wide from one side of the hinge  165  and a pressing portion  167  projected from the hinge  165  substantially perpendicular to the gripping portion  166  for pressing and supporting the outer upper end of the clip  160 . 
   In the mobile phone holder of the invention having the above configuration, when the hanger piece  131  is coupled to the holder  130  as attached to the mobile phone or the receiver housing of the mobile phone, the operating portion  133  of the hanger piece  131  is guided along the guide  139  of the holder body  136 . When the operating portion  133  is completely inserted into the guide  139 , the latch  157  of the operating piece  155  is inserted into the central bore  134  of the operating portion  133 . Then, as shown in  FIGS. 7 to 11 , two of the meshing projections  135  of the hanger piece  131  are closely supported on the coupling projection  146  of the locker  140 . 
   If the attached mobile phone is rotated once to the right or left from this position, the meshing projections  135  of the hanger piece  131  and the coupling projection  146  of the locker  140  cooperate as follows. As shown in  FIGS. 12 and 13 , any of the meshing projects  135  adjacent to the coupling projection  146  presses the coupling projection  146  downward so that the locker spring  148  is compressed displacing the locker  140  downward. As the tolerance t between the latch  157  and the operating hole  144  is decreased, the pressing face  145  of the locker  140  contacts with the guide face  158  of the operating piece  155 . When the thread of one of the meshing projections  135  is placed on the coupling projection  146  as shown in  FIGS. 14 and 15 , the pressing face  145  presses the guide face  158  by the largest quantity so that the operating piece  155  is displaced toward the rear face  150  compressing the operating piece spring  169  by the largest quantity. 
   At this position, the end of the latch  157  of the operating piece  155  is still supported on the central bore  134  of the hanger piece  131  so that the hanger piece  131  is not released from the holder  130 . Accordingly, the mobile phone is not released from the holder  130  while the angle of the mobile phone is being adjusted, i.e. the meshing projections  135  of the hanger piece  131  are passing along the coupling projection  146  of the locker  140 . 
   If the hanger piece  131  is further rotated from this position and thus the coupling projection  146  of the locker  140  is placed between two roots of the meshing projections  35  from the thread of the one meshing projection  135 , the compressed operating piece spring  169  and the locker spring  148  are restored to elastically re-support the locker  140  upward. 
   In the mobile phone holder of the invention as set forth above, the locker  140  is instantaneously elevated owing to the elastic force of the operating piece spring  169  and the locker spring  148  while the meshing projections  135  of the hanger piece  131  pass along the coupling projection  146 . At this time, the meshing projections  146  collide into the coupling projection  146  in sequence sounding ‘tick.’ 
   When the mobile phone or the housing  121  is rotated with the hanger piece  131  being coupled to the holder  130 , the inventive holder intermittently sounds ‘tick’ thereby maximizing an acoustic effect. 
   The mobile phone holder of the invention as above has the following advantages: 
   First, the locker spring  148  elastically supports the locker  140  upward and the operating piece spring  169  elastically supports the operating piece  155  toward the locker  140 . That is, the locker  140  is elastically supported upward by both of the springs so as to correspondingly enhance the coupling force between the meshing projections  135  of the hanger piece  131  and the coupling projection  146  of the locker  140 . Therefore, unless compelled to rotate, the mobile phone adjusted in angle would not arbitrarily rotate owing to the self-weight or any impact transferred to the mobile phone in walking. 
   Second, since the tolerance t exists for a predetermined magnitude between the guide face  158  of the operating piece  155  and the pressing face  145  of the locker  140 , the operating piece  155  would not be directly pressed when the locker  140  descends owing to rotation of the meshing projections  135  of the hanger piece  131 . That is, the locker  140  presses the operating piece  155  toward the rear face  150  after descending as long as the tolerance t so as to minimize backward displacement of the operating piece  155  according to angle-adjustment of the mobile phone. This prevents release of the latch  157  of the operating piece  155  from the central bore  134  of the hanger piece  131  thereby overcoming a problem that the mobile phone may be released from the holder in angle-adjustment of the mobile phone. 
   According to another important feature of the mobile phone holder of the invention, it is provided a clip structure defined by the rear plate  150 , the clip  160 , the locking piece  164  and the leaf spring  163 . The clip structure functions to securely attach the holder  130  to a waist belt. 
   That is, If the locking piece  164  is pivoted making the pressing portion  167  press the corresponding face of the clip  160 , the lower end of the clip  160  is closely supported to the corresponding lower end of the rear plate  150  while the leaf spring  163  is compressed. If the locking piece  164  is rotated reverse releasing the pressing portion  167  from the outer face of the clip  160 , the leaf spring  163  is elastically restored spreading the lower end of the clip  160  to the opposite direction of the lower end of the rear face  150 . Therefore, a user can fix or release the clip  160  of the holder  130  to/from the waist belt by vertically pivoting or rotating the locking piece  164 . 
   In the mobile phone holder of the invention as above, once the holder  130  is fastened to the waist belt by the locking piece  164 , the clip  160  of the holder  130  is not released from the waist belt unless the locking piece  164  is pivoted or a component is broken. Therefore, the holder  130  is reliably and securely attached to the waist belt preventing loss of the mobile phone. 
     FIGS. 16 and 17  illustrate a mobile phone holder according to the second embodiment of the invention, in which an angle-restraining projection  183  is provided between meshing projections  182  of a hanger piece  181  and angle-restraining thresholds  185  are further provided at both lower lateral sides in a slide groove of a holder body  184 . 
   This can advantageously restrain the adjustment in angle of a housing  186 : When the hanger piece  182  is rotated for about 90 deg. from the position in  FIG. 16  to the position in  FIG. 17 , the angle-restraining projection  183  collides into the angle-restraining thresholds  185  of the holder body  184  so that the hanger piece  181  is not rotated any longer. 
   Therefore, the mobile phone holder as above prevents unnecessarily excessive rotation of the mobile phone or the housing  186 . This prevents the housing  186  from being inadvertently rotated beyond 90 deg so that the mobile phone would not be released from the housing  186  or lost. 
     FIG. 18  is a perspective view of a mobile phone holder according to the third embodiment of the invention, in which two through-holes  193  are formed in an upper middle portion of clip  192  and hinge brackets  194  integral with a rear plate  191  are projected backward of the clip  192  via the through-holes  193 . 
   Ends of the hinge brackets  194  projected through the through-holes  193  are inserted into two incisions  198  which are provided in a hinge  196  and a pressing portion  197  of a locking piece  195 . After the hinge brackets  194  are inserted into the incisions  198 , a hinge pin  199  is coupled into the hinge brackets  194  and the hinge  196  from an outer portion of the hinge  196  of the locking piece  195 . 
   In the meantime,  FIGS. 19 and 20  illustrate a mobile phone holder according to the fourth embodiment of the invention, in which the holder is installed in the interior of a vehicle. 
   The mobile phone holder according to the fourth embodiment of the invention generally comprises a fixing plate  210  and a holder body  220  which is hinged to the fixing plate  210  for enabling mutual angle adjustment in a horizontal direction. The fixing plate  210  is made of flexible synthetic resin into an elongated and flat configuration. On the rear face of the fixing plate  210 , a double-sided tape  212  is attached. The fixing plate  210  has a coupling member  211  in an upper front portion thereof for enabling hinge coupling. The coupling member  211  has a pinhole  211   a  which is vertically penetrated through the coupling member  211 . 
   The holder body  220  is made of rigid synthetic resin, and has a hanging groove  121  in a front portion and two coupling pieces  224  projected from a rear portion. The coupling pieces  224  are vertically distanced for a predetermined gap to correspond to the coupling members  211 . The coupling pieces  224  have pinholes  224  perforated through the same corresponding to the pinhole  211   a  of the coupling member  211 . 
   In the meantime, in order to easily fix the mobile phone, the hanging slot  221  comprises a guide slot  222  and a fixing slot  223  having a narrower gap than the guide slot  222  as shown in  FIG. 19 . That is, the wider guide slot  222  is provided in the upper portion for receiving a hanger piece which will be described hereinafter and the narrower fixing slot  223  is provided under the guide slot  222  for stably fixing the hanger piece  240 . The hanging slot  221  configured as above has a large space  225  therein as shown in  FIG. 19 . 
   The fixing plate  210  and the holder body  220  configured as above are hinge coupled by inserting a hinge pin  230  into pin holes  211   a  and  224   a  after inserting the coupling member  211  between the coupling pieces  224 . The coupling pieces  224  and the coupling member  211  are arranged in upper portions of the holder body  220  and the fixing plate  210 . 
   In order to use the inventive holder assembled as above, as shown in  FIG. 20 , the double-side tape  212  is attached to a dashboard  250  of the vehicle after removing a release paper (not shown) from the double-sided tape  212  attached to the rear face of the fixing plate  21  and then a separate hanger piece  240  is attached to the rear face of a mobile phone  251 . The hanger piece  240  has a known flat configuration comprising a fixing portion  241  in the rear face to which the double-sided tape  242  is attached, a connecting portion  243  projected from the front face of the fixing portion  241  and a coupling portion  244  widened from a distal end of the connecting portion  243 . 
   In the above-configured hanger piece  240  which is attached to the rear face of the mobile phone, when the mobile phone is pressed downward after the coupling portion  244  is placed in a space  225  of the holder body  220  as shown in  FIG. 20 , the connecting portion  243  of the hanger piece  240  slides down along the guide slot  222  and the fixing slot  223  in the hanging slot  221  and then is stopped and supported at the lowermost end of the fixing slot. 
   If coupled as above, the coupling portion  244  of the hanger piece  240  is fixed as inserted into the space  225  so that the mobile phone  251  can be stably fixed. 
   The above-mentioned mobile phone holder can be attached to a body of the mobile phone in use or can be applied to a mobile phone housing or holster in the same manner with the following advantages: 
   First, since the coupling portion for hinge coupling is provided at one end in length of the fixing plate  210 , the fixing plate  210  is more flexible compared to a conventional holder with a rigid connecting portion formed in a central portion thereof and thus can be easily and stably to the dashboard  250  of the vehicle even though the dashboard  250  is heavily curved. 
   Second, since the fixing plate  210  and the holder body  220  are hinged to each other, the angle of the mobile phone can be readily adjusted by laterally rotating the holder body  220  when an LCD of the mobile phone is not seen to a driver owing to reflection of light or the driver wants to adjust the angle of the mobile phone into any angle favorable to him/her. 
   Third, the hanging slot  221  has the wider guide slot  222  and the narrower fixing slot  223  so that the mobile phone can be coupled in an easier manner. 
     FIGS. 21 and 22  illustrate a mobile phone holder for vehicle according to the fifth embodiment of the invention, in which the holder of this embodiment can be fixed to a structure such as plates for adjusting the direction of wind in a ventilator instead of being attached to the dashboard. 
   As shown in  FIGS. 21 and 22 , the holder of this embodiment has a configuration similar to the above-described holder for vehicle except that a coupling member for hinge coupling is arranged in the lower end of a fixing plate  310 , a coupling piece  324  is arranged in the upper end of a holder body  320 , and then the coupling member and the coupling piece  324  are hinged to each other. In addition, a gripper  330  is further provided in the other end or the upper end of the fixing plate  310 . It is preferred if the gripper  330  is connected via a rivet for enabling free rotation about the fixing plate  310 . In this embodiment of the holder having the above configuration, it is not needed to attach a double-sided tape to the rear face of the fixing plate  310 . 
   As shown in  FIG. 22 , the holder of the above configuration is fixed to a structure such as the plates  451  for adjusting the direction of wind in the ventilator  400  of the vehicle by clamping the structure with the gripper  330  when the fixing plate  310  is not readily attached to the vehicular dashboard. Applications of the holder of this embodiment are the same as above embodiments.