Abstract: A phone holder connectable around the mid portion of a cordless remote-use type telephone handset, including an elongated flexible strap having mating releasable Velcro-type interconnecting devices at each end for retaining the strap securely in place around the handset. The phone holder also includes a support clip connected to the strap for retaining the handset to a use's waistband. The phone holder may be left in place around the handset during use, carrying, and charging in the base charging unit for the handset, enabled by the unique composition of the strap. The strap may be fabricated of a thin foraminous flexible mesh sheet or a transparent flexible sheet material which facilitates both viewing and operating the handset keys without removing the invention therefrom.

Abstract: A contoured shoulder reset for use with a telephone to provide a more comfortable support and including an adjustable member which allows the shoulder rest to fit the shoulder more securely thereby making the unit more stable when in use as in intended.

Abstract: A pop up telephone having a latch carried on a latch carrier with a slot. A cap having a post, the post capable of vertical travel within the slot. The post capable of engagement with the latch. A spring, contained below the cap and within the latch carrier is for moving the cap in a vertical direction. The body is for housing the latch carrier, the cap and hand set. The hand set resting on the cap and residing flush within the body. The hand set capable of popping out of the body after being pressed downward.

Abstract: A telephone receiving apparatus (100) rigidly retains a telephone handset (200) without the need for a release lever. In the preferred embodiment, a moveable boss (108) and a rigid boss (106) engage corresponding notches (208 and 206) in the earpiece of the handset during insertion. The handset (200) is removed by moving it forward until the rigid boss (106) is cleared. The improved telephone receiving apparatus of the present invention may be advantageously utilized in mobile telephones and a variety of other applications where a telephone handset is subject to shock and vibration during normal use.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus for transmitting/receiving image data has a first memory for storing image data of one or more pages, a second memory for storing external apparatus number and time data, and an automatic send control for comparing the time data stored in the second memory with a time signal from a clock, and, upon detecting a coincidence thereof, for supplying the external apparatus number stored in the second memory to a network control to cause an automatic dialing thereof to connect a line with the external apparatus, so that image data is transmitted to or received from the external apparatus. The user of each facsimile apparatus can set or modify polling reception originating terminals, repeating destinations, polling/multi-address calling destinations or the like. The facsimile apparatus is convenient for a user who desires to perform facsimile transmission at a desired time.