Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Platform attached
Patent
1992-06-03
1994-02-15
Luebke, Renee S.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Platform attached
248279, B60R 1102
Patent
active
052859380
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a holder for a mobile telephone intended for being mounted in a car, craft or another means of conveyance, comprising a holder portion which is adapted to one end of the mobile telephone to surround and firmly hold the latter, and a fastening portion for fastening the holder to the interior of the car.
Use of mobile telephones is steadily growing. The fact that mobile telephone instruments are getting progressively smaller and better as well as less expensive contributes to this. The largest group of users is comprised of sales representatives, fitters, inspectors and other occupational groups who do a large amount of travelling. This requires a mobile telephone to be mounted in the car. It is an obvious requirement that the telephone instrument should be accessible as readily as possible in the car. Previously, this was not the case. Until now it was most common to fasten the mobile telephone instrument on the dashboard between the front seats, or on the central console between the front seats. This is a most unsuitable position for the telephone instrument, since it requires use of the right hand to grip the instrument. This will cause reduction of road safety, and many accidents are caused by uncontrolled maneuvering by the car driver when servicing the telephone, since it is necessary to let go of the steering wheel with ones right hand and lean over to the side. What happens in practice is that one takes the telephone instrument with one's right hand and very often changes it over to one's left hand to carry on the conversation. This implies that one must in fact let go of the steering wheel with both hands for a moment. When the conversation is ended and the instrument is to be put in place again the same maneuver has to be repeated in the opposite sequence. Lately, some producers delivered so called "handfree" telephone instruments, meaning that the instrument may stay in place in its holder while a conversation is in progress. Still, however, one has to press down a key on the telephone, both to start and to finish the conversation. What appears to be most hazardous to traffic when a mobile telephone is used, is to dial a number consisting of many figures, and this is as hazardous with the last mentioned kinds of telephones and with the above described manner of mounting.
Summary of the Invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide a holder for a mobile telephone instrument, which may be mounted on the front door of a vehicle which is closest to the driver, i.e. generally the front door on the left hand side, and which is designed to be adjustable in such a manner that the distance and the angle between instrument and driver is suitable, and that the holder may be mounted in such a manner that no interference with the interior of the car, e.g. by drilling holes or the like, is required.
According to the invention this is achieved by the aid of a holder of the above mentioned kind which has a fastening member in the form of an angled plate with one limb adapted to fit in the slot between the window pane of the driver's side door and the door jams.
By the aid of the holder according to the invention simple mounting is achieved, the limb of the angled plate on the fastening member is pressed down into the slot between the window pane and the interior portion of the window frame in the front driver's side door on the left hand side of the car. By the aid of a universal joint and mutually adjustable portions of the holder, the distance and angle of the holder relative to the driver may be adjusted, so that the instrument may be operated by one finger without any need of letting go of the steering wheel. If it is desired to have a conversation with the receiver out of its holder, one takes the instrument out of its holder with one's left hand and replaces it with the same hand when the conversation is ended. In this manner one can avoid changing over the instrument from one hand to the other and the entire operation may occu
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