US1674960A - Telephone rest - Google Patents

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june 265, E928., l'm@ T. DEANE TELEPHONE REST Original Filed Aug. 27, 1924 IN VEN TOR.

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Reled for abandoned application Serial T his invention relates to telephones and in particular to what is known as a desk-phone, that is, a portable telephone transmitter provided with a base for standing on a desk or 4 5 table and with a receiver removably hung on a. hook at the side of the instrument and which must be removed and held to the ear when receiving a message, all as well known.

The objects ofv my improvements are'to l@ provide a simple' cheap wire device which is supported on the transmitter stand and which will alord a support for the receiver when removed from the hook so that it will not be necessary to hold it by hand to the l@ ear.

Also such a device which may easily be adjusted to different positions on the supportting instrument, and one which may be quickly attached or detached from 'the sup- 2o porting instrument without the aid ol screws, clamps or other securing means.

This application is to take the place of my former informal application tiled under Ser. No. 734,54l, Aug. 27, 1924:.

ln the drawings hereto Fig. l is a perspective view oi my device in place on a portable telephone instrument, the telephone instrument being shown in dotted lines, while Fig. 2 is a reduced size plan view of so the device unattached to the telephone.

lin further detail the device comprises a pair of spaced wire larms l and 2 formed respectively with reversely d'irected open hooks 3 and d which are adapted to embrace at' trom reverse sides the column 5 or a desk telephone instrument, each hook being covered with a short section of rubber tubing 3--4 so as to gget a slight rictional hold upon the column and also lessen any tendency of noise lo to be transmitted from the telephone or table, upon which it may stand, tothe arms. The arm' l extends at an upward angle from the instrument and is joined at o by arm 2 which diverges downwardly to the as point A thence continues downwardly substantially parallel and spaced from the column 5 a istance B to adord clearance for the hand in holding the column oi the instrument,l

e@ .llt the point 6 the arm l is bent to extend No. 734,541, tiled August 27, 192e. This application tiled March be, 1927. Serial No. 179,126.

laterally as at 7 terminating in an inverted i arch portion 8 extending at right angles thereto, thence extending divergingly op posite 7 as at 9 and terminating in another inverted arch portion l0 somewhat larger than the arched portion 8, and joining the upper end of arm 2 alter taking a wrap around run 7.

rlhe reversely open hooks 3 and l are aligned when viewed in plan vas shown in Fig. 2 and the lower one d is adapted to rest upon the telephone instrument adjacent the juncture ol the column 5 and base 1l so as to sustain the weight ol the receiver l2 Qi the instrument when the same is placed horizontally upon the inverted arch portions 8 and l0 (as shown in dotted lines). The arched portions 8 and l0 are so spaced as to form a cradle for the receiver while the runs ol wire 7 and 9 help to hold the receiver' yfrom accidental displacement.

When the receiver is placed in the basket formed by the wires, 7, 8, 9, l0 it lies in a substantially horizontal position so that a person holding the instrument in one hand by the column 5 and speaking into the transmitter i3 will lind the end ol the receiver l2 in posi/tion adjacent the left ear, and owing to the `freedom ol the wire bracket to revolve about the column 5 the receiver may be revolved with it to any angular position desired and also by reason oi the bracket being made of wire members converging to a juncture at (i the cradle or basket portion holding the receiver l2 may be bent from point 6 to just the proper angle, up, down, or laterally, to suit the individual requirements.

Y ln use as shown, the weight oit the receiver 12 presses downward upon the end ol the bracket thus pulling forward on the upper hook 3 and pushing backward on the lower hook 4, and stabilizing the bracket, tho when desired, by a reverse pressure applied to the reversely open hooks the bracket may be quickly detached from the standard or col umn 5 of the telephone instrument.

l claim: v A telephone rest adapted to t a telephone of the desk type formed of a single piece of continuous wir@ loont nom' the middle portion to loosely hold o receiver in xed relation .so the transmitter in a substantially horizontal osion suitable for hearing, the ends of sai Wire sloping downwardly away from said mociver towards the column of said uelephono transmitter and formed with hooks for ongagingsaid column, ons of said hooks engaging the column at the top and shaped to take tension, the other-of said w hooks engaging the column at ho'bottoln and shaped to take compression.

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