US2447721A - Telephone handpiece support - Google Patents
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- My invention relates generally to telephone apparatus of the portable hand set type, and has for its principal object, to provide a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive hook or arm which may be readily applied to the conventional hand piece, including the receiver and transmitter, and which hook or arm will be effective in supporting said handpiece on the users shoulder, thus enabling said user to carry on a telephone message with the hand piece supported on the shoulder, with both hands free to make notes with a pen or pencil, handle sheets of papers, turn the leaves of a book, or to perform other acts incident to the telephone conversation.
- a further object of my invention is, to provide a hand piece support of the character referred to which is formed from a single piece of material, and which is constructed so that it may be readily applied to or removed from the hand piece.
- a further object of my invention is, to provide a telephone handpiece with a pair of arms which curve over the shoulder of the user and said arms being provided with friction producing elements of rubber which tend to more firmly secure and hold the hand piece while in use on the shoulder.
- Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a conventional telephone hand piece in position on its base and provided with my improved hook.
- Fig. 2 is a. cross section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hand piece and hook.
- Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
- Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.
- Fig. 6 is a perspective view, showing the equipped hand piece in position of the users shoulder.
- Ill designates an open loop of such size and shape as to fit snugly around the body of a conventional telephone hand piece I-I, near the receiver end R, and from the top of said loop short portions ll extend upwardly and laterally.
- Loop Ill, portions H and the curved arms beyond said portions are formed from a single piece of resilient band or strap like material such as plastics or lightweight metal.
- a short longitudinally disposed slot l2 Formed in the lower one of the members II is a short longitudinally disposed slot l2, and formed in the upper member coincident with said slot is an aperture l3, and there being a lip or flange I4 formed on the outer face of the upper member around said aperture.
- Members I l are detachably connected by means of a tubular headed nut ii, the shank of which passes through slot l2 and receives the shank of a screw l6 (see Fig. 4).
- That portion of the band beyond the upper one of members H is twisted a quarter turn and is bent away from the plane occupied by loop III, to form a short curved arm I! adapted to fit over the shoulder of the telephone user, outwardly from the neck.
- both arms Located in the end portions of both arms are small studs or buttons 20 of rubber which, when the equipped telephone is used, engage the clothing with friction, thereby tending to more firmly hold the hand piece in proper position on the users shoulder.
- the resiliency 0f the plastics or other material used in forming the supporting member enables the same to be readily applied to or removed from the handpiece, and to do this, it is only necessary to spread the arms I! and I9 apart a sufllcient distance to permit the loop It! to pass between said arms.
- the handpiece When the curved arms are placed over the users left shoulder, the handpiece is conveniently and firmly supported with the transmitter head disposed adjacent and just below the users mouth and with the receiving head adjacent the users ear, as seen in Fig. 6.
- a telephone hand piece support formed in a single piece and comprising an open loop of resilient material adapted to surround the body of the hand piece, a, pair of short arms extending at an angle from said loop, readily separable means connecting said arms, twisted curved arms extending from said short arms one of said twisted arms being substantially shorter than the other and said arms diverging toward their free
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TELEPHONE HANDPIECE SUPPORT I I Filed May 20', 1947 W //vr 1/T0/E fies/e T 5. W0;
Patented Aug. 24, 1948 1 UNITED STATE TELEPHONE HANDPIECE SUPPORT Albert G. Wahl, Los Angelcs, Calif. I
Application May 20, 1947, Serial No. 749,309
1 Claim.
My invention relates generally to telephone apparatus of the portable hand set type, and has for its principal object, to provide a relatively simple, practical and inexpensive hook or arm which may be readily applied to the conventional hand piece, including the receiver and transmitter, and which hook or arm will be effective in supporting said handpiece on the users shoulder, thus enabling said user to carry on a telephone message with the hand piece supported on the shoulder, with both hands free to make notes with a pen or pencil, handle sheets of papers, turn the leaves of a book, or to perform other acts incident to the telephone conversation.
A further object of my invention is, to provide a hand piece support of the character referred to which is formed from a single piece of material, and which is constructed so that it may be readily applied to or removed from the hand piece.
A further object of my invention is, to provide a telephone handpiece with a pair of arms which curve over the shoulder of the user and said arms being provided with friction producing elements of rubber which tend to more firmly secure and hold the hand piece while in use on the shoulder.
With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:
Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a conventional telephone hand piece in position on its base and provided with my improved hook.
Fig. 2 is a. cross section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the hand piece and hook.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view, showing the equipped hand piece in position of the users shoulder.
Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention, Ill designates an open loop of such size and shape as to fit snugly around the body of a conventional telephone hand piece I-I, near the receiver end R, and from the top of said loop short portions ll extend upwardly and laterally. Loop Ill, portions H and the curved arms beyond said portions, are formed from a single piece of resilient band or strap like material such as plastics or lightweight metal.
Formed in the lower one of the members II is a short longitudinally disposed slot l2, and formed in the upper member coincident with said slot is an aperture l3, and there being a lip or flange I4 formed on the outer face of the upper member around said aperture.
Members I l are detachably connected by means of a tubular headed nut ii, the shank of which passes through slot l2 and receives the shank of a screw l6 (see Fig. 4). p
That portion of the band beyond the upper one of members H is twisted a quarter turn and is bent away from the plane occupied by loop III, to form a short curved arm I! adapted to fit over the shoulder of the telephone user, outwardly from the neck.
The end of the band beyond the lower one of the members I l is twisted a quarter turn and extended outwardly in a, plane substantially at right angles to arm I! to form a curved arm ill somewhat shorter than said arm l1 and adapted to lie over the telephone users shoulder between the neck and arm l1.
Located in the end portions of both arms are small studs or buttons 20 of rubber which, when the equipped telephone is used, engage the clothing with friction, thereby tending to more firmly hold the hand piece in proper position on the users shoulder. The resiliency 0f the plastics or other material used in forming the supporting member, enables the same to be readily applied to or removed from the handpiece, and to do this, it is only necessary to spread the arms I! and I9 apart a sufllcient distance to permit the loop It! to pass between said arms.
When the curved arms are placed over the users left shoulder, the handpiece is conveniently and firmly supported with the transmitter head disposed adjacent and just below the users mouth and with the receiving head adjacent the users ear, as seen in Fig. 6.
Thus it will be seen that I have provided a telephone handpiece support which is relatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective in performing the functions for which it is intended, namely, to support the hand piece in position for use in position on the users shoulder, thus leaving both hands free while carrying on the telephone conversation.
It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of my improved telephone hand piece support may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.
I claim as my invention:
A telephone hand piece support formed in a single piece and comprising an open loop of resilient material adapted to surround the body of the hand piece, a, pair of short arms extending at an angle from said loop, readily separable means connecting said arms, twisted curved arms extending from said short arms one of said twisted arms being substantially shorter than the other and said arms diverging toward their free The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name I Date 1,336,929 Simpson Apr. 13, 1920 2,294,989 Keely Sept. 8, 1942
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US2584807A (en) * | 1949-03-15 | 1952-02-05 | Mathias J Miller | Telephone attachment |
US2802062A (en) * | 1955-08-23 | 1957-08-06 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Telephone handset shoulder support |
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US2294989A (en) * | 1939-10-20 | 1942-09-08 | Clifford D Keely | Telephone attachment |
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US1336929A (en) * | 1919-09-10 | 1920-04-13 | Charles F Simpson | Telephone-receiver holder |
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US2584807A (en) * | 1949-03-15 | 1952-02-05 | Mathias J Miller | Telephone attachment |
US2802062A (en) * | 1955-08-23 | 1957-08-06 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Telephone handset shoulder support |
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