US2243554A

US2243554A - Device for supporting telephone apparatus

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Publication number: US2243554A
Application number: US290620A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alvin N Epstein
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1939-08-17
Filing date: 1939-08-17
Publication date: 1941-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 1958-05-27

Description

May 27, 1941. A. N. EPSTEIN DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING TELEPHONE APPARATUS Filed Aug. 17, 1939 Patented May 27, 1941 DEVICE FOR SUPPOBTIN APPARATUS Alvin N. Epstein, Chicago, Application August 17, 1939, Serial No. 290,620

3 Claims. (01. 179457) designed to serve as a handle, thereby permitting This invention relates to a device for supporttelephone apparatus, and more particularly handling the same, and which may be employed 4 by brokers. order-clerks, and others to permit a phone receivers propped between the ear and body and head harnesses are used by telephone switch-board operators for In the drawing- Figure 1 illustrates the method of using a combination receiver-transmitte telephone unit when equipped with a supporting device con- Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, upon an enlarged scale, illusright side of Fig. 3; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views, illustrating details of construction of the supporting device shown in Fig. 2.

Th ombination receiver-transmitter telee c phone unit I comprises the receiver 2 and trans mitter I, connected by the shank 4 which is my device in Fig. 1. I

In the form or construction shown in Figs, 1

the mouth of the user.

I do not wish to be limited to any particular construction of the clips 1 1. porting device is constructed of soft rubber, the

TELEPHONE nation unit to be held in one hand and ere the supoured, to the body I l.

,terial is preferred.

as at IS, with some softer material to prevent scratching of the shank 4 when the clips are bent therearound.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the supporting device comprises a cupmember Hi adjustably attached to the body H and the body is provided with two pairs of slips l2-l 2, I have illustrated the cup-memberas attached by a hinge-pin i3, and it is to be understood that the hinge is in effect a tight stop-hinge, that is to say, the hinge attachment is designed to permit a limited adjustment of the cup-member to suit the convenience of the user and to retain such adjustment. Where the material employed is sufllciently pliable, as in the case of soft rubber, the hinge may be omitted and the neck-part of the cup-member cemented, or otherwise se-' I prefer the hinge connection, however, since it is more durable and provides for adjustment of a cup-member constructed of hard rubber or metal, where such ma- Regardless of the material used, the adjustable cup-member constitutes a comfortable support for resting the unit upon the shoulder, and the body H occupies less space upon the shank-14, leaving a' substantial portion thereof free for usual handling. 1am well aware that the bodyll may be constructed to occupy less space upon the shank 4 thanI have shown, and I donot desire to be limited in such respect.

1. The cqmbin tion, with a receiver-transmitterr telephone unit having a receiver, a transmitter, and a shank connecting said receiver and transmitten'of a deviceattached to extend along theshank of said unit and project radially from the axis thereof, said device having a continuous shoulder-engaging base-portion extending lengthwise or said shank with one end of said baseportion terminating adjacent the receiver of said unit, said device constituting a support for said unit to be positioned across and upon the shoulder of the user thereof, the angle at which said device projects radially from said shank and the position of said one end of said base-portion with respect to the receiver of said unit being such that said unit and said device may be held in such position solelyby pressure of the ear of the user to the receiver of said unit.

2. The combination, with a receiver-transmitter telephone unit having a receiver; a transmitter, and a shank connecting said receiver and transr nitter, of a cushion shoulder-rest constituting a support for attached to extend along the shank of saidunit and project radially from the axis thereof, said cushion having a shoulderengaging surface extending lengthwise of said shank with'o'ne end of said surface terminating adjacent the receiver of said unit, said cushion constituting a support for said unit to be positioned across and upon the shoulder of. the user thereof and 'frictionally held in such positionljby pressure of the ear of the user to the-receiver of saidunit.

3. The combination, with a receiver-transmitter telephone unit having a receiver,.atransmitter, and a shank connecting said receiver and transmitter, of a shoulder-restattached to extendalong the shank of said unit and project-radially from the axis thereon said shoulder-rest having a base-portion with a continuous shoulder-engaging friction surface extending lengthwise of said shank and with one end of said base-portion ter minating adjacent the receiver of said-unit, said said unit to be positioned across and upon the shoulder of the user thereof and frictlonally held in such'position by pressure of the ear of the user to the receiver of said unit.

J ALVIN N. EPS'I'EIN.