Patent ID: 7636437

Claim:
A telephone apparatus, comprising: a body part constructed to house at least a portion of said telephone apparatus, a grip part adapted to be held by a user during use and constructed to support said body part for longitudinal movement of said body part on said grip part, between a retracted position and an extended position, an actuator mechanism coupled between said grip part and said body part for effecting the longitudinal movement of said body part relative to said grip part between said retracted position and said extended position, a locking mechanism for detachably locking the body part into the grip part in the retracted position and a user-actuatable release mechanism mounted in the grip part for releasing the locking mechanism, wherein, in said extended use position, the telephone apparatus is adapted to be held by the user by grasping the grip part and holding the telephone apparatus such that longitudinal movement of the body part moves said body part upwards from a retracted position to an extended position where said body part is above said grip part.