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Patent US20050069126 - Single piece versatile phone stand - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA telephone unit has a housing with a stand pivot mount on a bottom side and with an interaction surface at a top side. A single piece stand is provided with a first end connected to the housing via the pivot mount to allow pivoting relative to the housing about the pivot mount through a range of angular...http://www.google.com/patents/US20050069126?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050069126 - Single piece versatile phone standAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20050069126 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 10/673,726Publication dateMar 31, 2005Filing dateSep 29, 2003Priority dateSep 29, 2003Also published asUS7130421Publication number10673726, 673726, US 2005/0069126 A1, US 2005/069126 A1, US 20050069126 A1, US 20050069126A1, US 2005069126 A1, US 2005069126A1, US-A1-20050069126, US-A1-2005069126, US2005/0069126A1, US2005/069126A1, US20050069126 A1, US20050069126A1, US2005069126 A1, US2005069126A1InventorsBryce XueOriginal AssigneeXue Bryce XiaoboExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (3), Referenced by (5), Classifications (4), Legal Events (9) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSingle piece versatile phone stand
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0031] Referring to the drawings in particular, FIG. 1 shows a telephone unit 10 in a desk mount position. The telephone unit 10 includes a housing with a lower housing part 16 and an upper housing part 14. A handset 12 is in a cradled position (on hook position) as shown. The lower housing 16 and upper housing 14 cooperate to present a display surface 11 at the upper side of the upper housing 14. The interaction surface or display surface 11 includes a display window 13, various actuating buttons 15 as well as indicators (e.g., LEDs, lights, etc.) 17. A single piece, versatile phone stand 18 is connected to the lower housing 16. The stand 18 is set in a particular angular position relative to the lower housing 16. This allows the user to change the viewing angle of the display surface 11. [0032] FIG. 2 shows the phone unit 10 from the side, illustrating one angular position of the stand 18 relative to the lower housing 16, for setting the viewing angle of the phone unit 10. Stand 18 is connected to lower housing 16 such that it can be set in an angular position such as shown. A first setting position among a range of setting positions is shown providing the viewing angle α. The stand 18 and lower housing 16 interact allowing the angle of the lower telephone unit 10 to be adjusted for setting the viewing angle to any one of a plurality of other angular positions. [0033] FIG. 3 shows the telephone unit 10 from the side, illustrating another angular position of the stand 18 relative to lower housing 16. This setting position is a last setting position among the range of setting positions. This provides the viewing angle beta. As can be appreciated from viewing the Figures, the adjustment of the angular position of the stand 18 provides an adjustment of the angular position of the lower surface 21 of the lower housing 16. The display surface 11 in the embodiment shown is generally parallel to the lower surface 21 of the lower housing 16. It can be appreciated that the display surface 11 may be at an angle with respect to the lower surface 21 of the lower housing 16 or be comprised of various different surfaces at different angles. In such case the adjustment of the angular position of stand 18 provides an adjustment of the already angled display surface 11 or the various angled surfaces that comprise the display surface 11. [0034] FIG. 4 shows the telephone unit 10 from the side, illustrating a position of the stand 18 for wall mounting of the telephone unit 10. In this position the inner side of the stand 18 is substantially flush with the lower surface 21. The other side (outer side) of the stand 18 is facing away from lower surface 21. This outer side has a keyhole mount 24 that cooperates with a keyhole mount 22. The keyhole mount 24 and the keyhole mount 22 form the two connection points for wall mounting of the telephone unit 10 to the wall mount posts (not shown). With the stand 18 pivoted as shown in FIG. 4 the display surface 11 is in a desired position for wall mount operations of the telephone unit 10. [0035] FIG. 5 shows the bottom of the telephone unit 10. The lower surface 21 has various features including openings for a power connection as well as jacks including for example, RJ 45 connections for connection to a LAN and to a computer and also RJ 11 connections. Other features of surface 21 include cable management guides and the upper keyhole mount 22. Features are provided for connection of the stand 18 to the lower housing 16. This is providing the form of the pivot structure including a first hinge mount part 26 cooperating with a second hinge mount 30 and a third hinge mount part 28 cooperating with a fourth in mount part 32. The hinge mounting parts are preferably molded as a single piece with the lower housing 16. Between the pairs of cooperating hinge mount parts (26, 30 and 28, 32) a recess 34 is provided. The recess 34 is a generally semicylindrical or concave form with a centrally disposed ridge or tooth 36. The recess 34 with the ridge or single tooth 36 forms a fixing or latching surface of a latching means described further below. The lower housing 16 has, near the lower surface 21, two feet 20. The feet 20 cooperate with the stand 18 for supporting the telephone unit 10 in a desk mount position. The feet 20 also provide support in a wall mount position. [0036] FIG. 6 shows the stand 18 in a perspective view, showing the outer side of the stand 18. The stand 18 includes a first hinge part 40 which cooperates with hinge mounting parts 26 and 30 of the lower housing 16. A second hinge part 42 is provided that cooperates with hinge mounting parts 28 and 32 of the lower housing 16. The stand 18 includes a latching part 46 with a first leg 47 and second leg 49. A latching member 50 is connected to each of the two legs 47 and 49. The latching member 50 has a curved shape with a plurality of grooves (or regions defining teeth) 52 provided at regular intervals along an outer surface thereof. The latching part 46 also includes a finger catch release 48. [0037] The finger catch release 48 is centrally disposed between the two legs 47 and 49. The finger catch release 48 has a centrally disposed opening 51 for accommodating the finger of the user of the phone unit 10. The latching part 46 is structured such that a user can engage the finger catch release 48 at opening 51 with a finger. The moving of the catch release 48 results in the latching member 50 being moved or flexed. [0038] The stand 18 has other features including the lower keyhole mount 24 described above as well as cable management features 60, 62 and 64. The cable management features 60, 62 and 64 allow cables to be held or managed. [0039] FIG. 7 shows the inner side of the stand 18. This view shows pads 56 and central part 58. These pads 56 are thermoplastic elastomer or other plastic with good friction qualities to resist slippage on a smooth surface. These pads 56 may be made of a plastic material and may be over molded after the molding process of the remainder of the stand 18 to provide the stand 18 as a single piece. The pads 56 may also be provided during the formation of the remainder of the stand 18 using a double shot or rotational molding process. [0040] FIG. 8 shows the telephone unit 10 in a rear perspective view. In this view the stand 18 is shown connected to the lower housing 16 with the hinge parts 40 and 42 engaged with cooperating hinge mounting parts 26, 30 and 28, 32. FIG. 8 also shows the latching member 50 disposed in the recess 34. In the position shown in FIG. 8 the function of the cable management features 60 to 62 and 64 can be appreciated, based on their position for guiding cables from the power connection and jacks at the lower surface 21. [0041] FIG. 9 shows the telephone unit 10 in a cross sectional view with the handset 12 not shown (off hook condition). In FIG. 9 the stand 18 is set in an angular position between the position providing viewing angle a and the position providing viewing angle β (see FIGS. 2 and 3). The position is set based or on the latching member 50 extending into the recess 34 with ridge 36 extending into one of the grooves 52. If in the position shown in FIG. 9 the groove 52, into which the ridge 36 extends, is an intermediate groove. This intermediate groove 52 is between an end groove, producing viewing angle a and an end groove producing viewing angle β. As can also be seen from FIGS. 9 and 10 each of the grooves 52 has a shape which cooperates with the shape of ridge 36 (complementary shapes). A front side surface (or leading edge) 70 has a moderate angle which is the same as the angle of the front surface 72 of ridge 36. The rear side surface (or trailing edge) 74 of each groove 52 has a sharper angle, with the rear surface or trailing edge 76 of the ridge 36 having the same sharper angle (almost 90 degrees). The grooves 52 together form a rachet (the grooves 52 form inclined teeth) with the ridge 36 acting as a pawl. The stand 18 is made of a plastic material which is somewhat resilient allowing the latching part 46 to flex and pivot throughout its extent, particularly in the region of the arms 47 and 49. The angular features (ratchet features) of the grooves 52 and 36 are such that the stand 18 can be easily adjusted in one direction without engaging the finger catch release 48. Specifically the stand 18 may be pivoted clockwise (with reference to FIG. 9) without actuating the finger catch release 48. The stand 18 pivots with the latching member 50 moving relative to the recess 34 as the ridge 36 moves out (slips) of one groove 52 and subsequently into an adjacent groove 52, as a result of a pressing of the stand. However, based on the relative angles of the side walls of the grooves 52 and ridge 36, the stand 18 is only moved in the counterclockwise direction (with reference to FIG. 9) by the user engaging the finger latch release 48 at the opening 51. This is done with a pulling motion (rearwardly and upwardly) allowing the ridge 36 to disengage from a groove 52 and be moved into another groove 52. This may also be done to pivot the stand 18 into the wall mount position (see FIG. 4). [0042] FIG. 10 shows the tooth or ridge 36 with side walls 72 and 76 interacting with one of the groves 52 with side walls 70 and 74. The angles of the respective surfaces 70, 72, 74 and 76 are selected to allow slipping in one direction but not the other. For example, the sidewalls 70 and 72 are at an angle of 40� with respect to a line extending radially from the center of the pivot 42 (or with respect to the line normal to the curve of latching member 50) and the sidewalls 74 and 76 are at an angle of 5� with respect to a line extending radially from the center of the pivot 42 (or with respect to the line normal to the curve of latching member 50) in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 10. The latching engagement will maintain the position of the ridge 36 in one of the grooves unless the force is applied to provide a slipping into an adjacent groove or the finger latch release 48 is actuated. [0043] While specific embodiments of the invention have been shown and described in detail to illustrate the application of the principles of the invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied otherwise without departing from such principles. 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