Patent ID: 8165643

Claim:
A charging cradle for charging a mobile phone, comprising: a rectangular cradle body defining an upper surface, a front surface intersecting with the upper surface, and two opposite lateral surfaces respectively connecting with the upper surface and the front surface, an end of the upper surface adjacent to the front surface formed with a subjacent surface lower than the upper surface and connecting with the upper surface by a first inclined surface, the upper surface having a receiving chamber extending along a front and rear direction, and passing through the first inclined surface and the subjacent surface; and a charging base having a rotation portion, the rotation portion defining a rectangular base mounted in the receiving chamber and rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the two lateral surfaces, a rear end of the rectangular base extending downwards to form a receiving portion which is received in the receiving chamber in a closed state, two opposite sides of the rectangular base having portions adjacent to a front end thereof extending laterally to form resisting portions laying above the subjacent surface in the closed state, free ends of the resisting portions extend downwards to form holding plates located at two opposite sides of the cradle body, wherein the receiving portion has a front portion rotated to abut a front wall of the receiving chamber for keeping oblique state of the rotation portion in an open state, a substantially middle portion of the rectangular base is turned to lean against the first inclined surface in the open state for supporting the inserted mobile phone between the holding plates.