Patent ID: 8405974

Claim:
A docking cradle configured to seat a mobile handheld device, the docking cradle comprising a docking interface configured to electrically couple the docking cradle to the mobile handheld device; and a latch for latching the mobile handheld device within the docking cradle, the latch comprising: a pair of latching arms, each latching arm comprising: at least one tooth configured to engage a corresponding recess in the mobile handheld device; an arm pivot point on a lower portion of the latching arm; an offset portion below the arm pivot point; wherein each latching arm is rotationally mounted to opposing sides of the docking cradle at the arm pivot point so as to rotate towards and away from each other; and a locking plate sized in accordance with the distance between the offset portions, the locking plate movable, in a first direction, between a locked position, in which the locking plate engages the offset portions of the latching arms, and an unlocked position, the engagement causing the offset portions to move in a second direction different that said first direction; a plunger attached to the locking plate, the plunger configured to engage the mobile handheld device when it is seated in the docking cradle; and an ejection plate configured to actuate the locking plate from the locked position to the unlocked position.