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Reexamination Certificate
2001-12-11
2003-11-11
Baxter, Gwendolyn (Department: 3632)
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C248S220220
Reexamination Certificate
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06644607
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to fastening an accessory of a wireless terminal. More particularly, but not necessarily, the invention relates to fastening a mobile phone car holder into a car.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A car holder is typically a holder made of plastic, into which the mobile phone user may place his/her phone while being in the car. Conventionally a car holder is fastened with screws to the interior of a car. Such a holder leaves annoying screw holes in the interior of the car when it is removed.
Patent application WO 99/21734 offers a solution to this problem.
FIG. 1
illustrates a preferred embodiment presented in publication WO 99/21734. In this solution a fastening arrangement
300
including a fastening portion
310
and a fastening element
320
of an accessory is fastened to the car without making any screw holes into the interior of the car. The fastening arrangement
300
is fastened to a side window
350
of a car using the fastening element
320
by pressing the gap of the fastening element
320
against the edge of the window glass
350
so that the glass
350
is pressed against the gap of the fastening element
320
. The gap is achieved by bending the plate that forms the fastening element
320
. In the situation shown in
FIG. 1
the side window
350
of the car is raised against a sealing
370
of a car door frame
360
, in other words the car window is closed. An antenna part
340
fastened to the fastening element
320
thus remains outside the car.
FIG. 2
illustrates how the fastening arrangement shown in
FIG. 1
is assembled. The fastening element
320
is provided with screw threaded holes, to which the antenna part
340
and the fastening portion
310
of the accessory is fastened with screws
400
and
410
. The fastening portion
310
of the accessory includes holes
380
, to which a car phone holder can be fastened with a screw. In addition, the fastening portion
310
of the accessory is provided with a cut tongue
390
. The tongue forms a gap, into which, for example, a shopping list or a map can be inserted.
A drawback with the fastening arrangement
300
shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2
is that the side window
350
of the car cannot be properly opened when the fastening arrangement
300
is in position. The fastening arrangement
300
may also annoy the passengers, as the fastening portion
310
of the accessory stretches far inside the car.
FIG. 3
illustrates another embodiment presented in publication WO 99/21734. A fastening arrangement
300
b
comprises a fastening portion
310
and a fastening element
330
of the accessory. The accessory's fastening portion
310
is fastened to the fastening element
330
with a screw
400
. The fastening element
330
is provided with an adhesive surface
450
in order to fasten the fastening arrangement
300
b
to the car. The accessory's fastening portion
310
comprises openings
380
, into which the car holder can be fastened with a screw. In addition, the accessory's fastening portion
310
comprises a cut tongue
390
. The tongue forms a gap, into which a shopping list or a map can be inserted.
FIG. 4
illustrates how to use the fastening arrangement
300
b
shown in FIG.
3
. Said fastening arrangement
300
b
is glued onto an inner side
440
of a car door
430
. The fastening element
330
to be adhered in the fastening arrangement is inserted into the gap between the side window
350
of the car and the car door
430
. The adhesive surface
450
of the fastening element
330
sticks to the inner part
440
of the door
430
. Consequently, both the side window glass
350
of the car and the adhering fastening element
330
of the fastening arrangement
300
b
remain between the car door sealings
460
a
and
460
b
. The surface leaning against the glass
350
of the fastening element
330
is made slidable by providing the surface with a teflon coating, for example, in which case the fastening arrangement
300
b
does not make it more complicating to open and close the side window
350
of the car, and does not scratch the glass. The entire fastening arrangement
300
b
can be made of metal sheet coated with a teflon coating.
A drawback with the second embodiment presented in publication WO 99/21734 is that the fastening portion
310
with its holes remains visible after the car phone holder is fastened and takes up a lot of space. In addition the screws, by which the car phone holder is attached to the fastening portion
310
, remain disturbingly visible.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a new invention that in relation to prior art solutions offers a more advanced arrangement to fasten an accessory of a wireless terminal.
According to a first aspect of the invention a fastening arrangement is implemented that comprises an accessory of a wireless communications device, an adapter part and a substantially plate-like piece, the substantially plate-like piece having holes in order to allow it to be bent at a line formed of the holes, and the substantially plate-like piece being arranged to be fastened from a first point into a groove outside the arrangement, the fastening arrangement comprising fastening means for connecting the adapter part and said accessory with one another. The fastening arrangement is characterized in that the adapter part is case-like and comprises a recess for receiving a second point of the substantially plate-like piece inside the adapter part in order to fasten the adapter part and said accessory to the substantially plate-like piece.
According to a second aspect of the invention a fastening apparatus is implemented for fastening an accessory of a wireless communications device to a fastening portion outside the fastening apparatus, the fastening apparatus comprising an adapter part and a substantially plate-like piece, the substantially plate-like piece having holes in order to allow said piece to be bent at a line formed of the holes, and the substantially plate-like piece being arranged to be fastened from a first point into a groove outside the arrangement, the fastening arrangement comprising fastening means for connecting the adapter part and said accessory with one another. The fastening apparatus is characterized in that the adapter part is case-like and comprises a recess for receiving a second point of the substantially plate-like piece inside the adapter part in order to fasten the adapter part and said accessory to the substantially plate-like piece.
According to a third aspect of the invention an adapter part is implemented for fastening an accessory of a wireless communications device, the adapter part comprising fastening means for fastening said accessory to the adapter part, the adapter part further being arranged to be connected with a particular substantially plate-like piece. The adapter part is characterized in that it is case-like and comprises a recess for receiving a substantially plate-like piece at least partly inside the adapter part in order to fasten the adapter part and said accessory to the substantially plate-like piece.
According to a fourth aspect of the invention a fastening arrangement is implemented comprising an accessory of a wireless communication device and a substantially plate-like piece, the substantially plate-like piece having holes in order to allow it to be bent at a line formed of the holes, and the substantially plate-like piece being arranged to be connected from a first point into a groove outside the arrangement. The fastening arrangement is characterized in that the accessory is case-like and comprises a recess for receiving a second point of the substantially plate-like piece within the accessory in order to fasten the accessory to the substantially plate-like piece.
Said wireless communication device is a device that is intended for wireless communication. The communication device is preferably a mobile station in a cellular network. However, lines can be connected to a wireless communication device, for example a line for feeding a charging current
Baxter Gwendolyn
Perman & Green LLP
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