Patent ID: 8224408

Claim:
Cradle for a mobile phone, comprising: a rear bearing surface; left and right side walls; two guide rails being located on the front side of said left and right side walls and protruding laterally from said side walls; an exchangeable unit comprising a connector element for mechanically and electrically engaging a bottom connector of said mobile phone; wherein said rear bearing surface, said side walls and said guide rails define left and right slots extending parallel to said side walls for receiving left and right side sections of a mobile phone; guiding a phone being inserted into said cradle to said exchangeable unit; and retaining a mobile phone received in said cradle against forces acting in a direction substantially perpendicular to said slots; said connector element configured to lock onto a bottom connector of a mobile phone received in said cradle for retaining said mobile phone inside said cradle; and the exchangeable unit further comprising at least one release element, said at least one release element being configured to disengage the lock between the connector element and the bottom connector of the mobile phone when actuated, wherein said at least one release element, upon being actuated, further pushes a mobile phone received in said cradle upwards to assist in removing said phone from said cradle.