Patent ID: 7539522

Claim:
A cordless wall phone, comprising: a base defining a rear wall; a recessed electrical box with an interior set within the base, a front edge of said recessed electrical box being joined to the rear wall of said base, said recessed electrical box projecting rearwardly from the rear wall; a mobile handset to dial outgoing phone calls, which can rest on the base for recharging; a phone jack that is received in the interior of the recessed electrical box, said phone jack being recessed in the rear wall of the base, such that a front face of the phone jack is positioned to the rear of the rear wall; a rechargeable battery set within the mobile handset; an electrical outlet set within the interior of the electrical box, said electrical outlet being recessed in the rear wall of the base, such that a front face of the electrical outlet is positioned to the rear of the rear wall, the electrical outlet being located adjacent to and positioned in the same orientation as the phone jack; a transformer that is received by the electrical outlet to charge the rechargeable battery; a physical separation in the recessed electrical box between the phone jack and the electrical outlet, the physical separation between the phone jack and the electrical outlet being a nonconductive wall, the nonconductive wall extending from the recessed front faces of said phone jack and said electrical outlet, forward to the rear wall of said base; a removable cover-plate over the recessed electrical box to protect the interior of the recessed electrical box; a pair of charging contacts to charge the mobile handset from the rechargeable battery; an antenna on the base to communicate with the mobile handset; and an antenna on the mobile handset to communicate with the antenna on the base.