Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Complementary to vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
1998-03-02
2001-02-20
Garbe, Stephen P. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Complementary to vehicle
C220S023890, C220S735000, C220S737000, C224S544000, C248S311200, C379S446000, C379S455000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06189755
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Personal use portable communicators such as cellular telephones have become increasingly popular, miniaturized and ubiquitous. It has become common for portable cellular telephones to be carried in automobiles for emergency and other use. Moreover, it has also become common for people to utilize cellular telephones during operation of the automobile including not only during stops at traffic lights but also during motion of the vehicle. As a result, the problem of positioning a cellular telephone or other portable communicator in a position readily available to the driver has presented a problem not only of convenience but of safety in that drivers who are forced to divert their gaze from the road to locate and grasp a cellular telephone present traffic hazards not only to themselves but to persons in other vehicles.
While new automobile designs have included cellular telephones positioned on and secured by special holders or cradles on the console or in other fixed positions within convenient reach of the vehicle operator, many vehicles are not so equipped such that the driver often gropes for the cellular telephone positioned on the seat, floor or the glove compartment. It is accordingly desirable to be able to retrofit vehicles such as automobiles with a stationary holder for a cellular telephone which is positioned within easy reach of the driver and which provides a positive holding force to retain the cellular telephone in the holder. It is important that the driver be able to retrieve and reposition the cellular telephone in the holder without diverting his gaze from the road ahead, particularly under driving or traffic conditions.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly it is an object of the present invention to provide a conveniently positionable readily accessible cellular phone holder for use in vehicles.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a combination beverage and cellular phone holder suitable for selectively replacing a vehicle beverage holder.
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a combination beverage and phone holder which may be readily retrofitted onto existing vehicles.
In order to obtain the above and other related objectives, in carrying out the present invention in one form thereof, a combination beverage and cellular phone holder is provided for insertion into and retention by existing beverage holders and including an integral beverage portion and cellular phone portion each forming a pocket with an opening at the top and with the beverage holder dimensioned for insertion into and retention by existing beverage holders. A flexible partial closure at the upper end provides retaining means for the beverage or phone. More particularly, the walls of the replacement beverage holder may be tapered and the bottom of the replacement beverage cup holder weighted to provide positive positioning and retention of the combination holder. A spring loaded compressible insert provides tension around the cellular phone to positively hold the phone in position on the phone holder.
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Coats & Bennett PLLC
Ericsson Inc.
Garbe Stephen P.
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