Abstract: A telephone device with a handset that fits in a cradle cavity so that the outer surface of the handset is approximately flush with the surface of the cradle. A spring-loaded ejector in the cradle urges the handset against a movable tab on the cradle, that engages a lip on the handset and secures the handset in the cradle. When the tab is moved clear of the lip, the spring-loaded ejector forces the handset out of the cradle so that the handset may be grasped easily by a user, to prevent unexpected complete ejection of the handset. A tongue on the ejector engages a lip on the handset as it is ejected, so that the user must exert a small amount of additional force to remove the handset from the cradle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 1993
Date of Patent:
April 25, 1995
Assignee:
Claircom Communications Group, L.P.
Inventors:
Walter R. Kepley, III, Dana J. Greer, Richard A. Shields, Jr.
Abstract: A one-piece, molded subassembly with a near-field acoustic chamber and a far-field acoustic chamber on either side of a centrally disposed microphone. A slightly-flared passage through the subassembly couples the far-field acoustic chamber to an exterior port in order to provide noise cancellation. A cord passage in the subassembly is directed in three mutually orthogonal directions so that a strain on the cord is not transmitted beyond the subassembly where it initially enters the handset.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 1993
Date of Patent:
February 28, 1995
Assignee:
Claircom Communications Group, L.P.
Inventors:
Walter R. Kepley, III, Dana J. Greer, Richard A. Shields, Jr.