CA1146685A - Telephone cradle - Google Patents
Telephone cradleInfo
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
- H04M1/11—Supports for sets, e.g. incorporating armrests
Abstract
TELEPHONE CRADLE
Abstract A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone including an integral retaining arrangement for retention of the cradle relative to the telephone and a device for guiding the handset and its associated cordset during hangup of the handset.
Abstract A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone including an integral retaining arrangement for retention of the cradle relative to the telephone and a device for guiding the handset and its associated cordset during hangup of the handset.
Description
~4~6~5 TELEPEIONE CRADLE
Background of the Invention Cradles and auxiliary cradles for serving a secondary function such as supporti`ng a receiver without disconnecting the circuit is generally shown ln -the U. S. patent to Clarke 1,391,370. With the advent of com~ining the receiver with the transmitter into a single handsetr having pronounced protuber-ances with generally tapered cylindrical shapes, produced a large numb.er of hangers and cradles, for example, see the United States Letters- Patents to B. H:. King 2,339,413; S. G.
Sears 2,443,329; J. J. Fleming 2,632,334; W.V. Fielder, Jr.
3,150,239 and D. T. Ross 3,538,267. Each of these devices were dependent upon the large protuberance of the receiver and trans-mitter extending laterally from the joining hand-piece and relied heavily upon the area ofconta~t ~ai~ble. With the introduction of the Trimline~ teleph.ones designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories, of the type shown in the U. S. patent to ~. W. Walden 3,557,322, the problems of controlling the proper usage of the telephone at the time of hang-up became more critïcal. These later tele-phones include a dial or tone buttons in the handset and damageto the handset resulted ïn a greater cost of repair and/or replacement. While the locking means discussed in the patent to Walden 3,557,322 is adequate when the device is utilized in the proper fashion, it functions well and its aesthetic appearance is pleasing to the eye, unfortunately, in many environments where there are teenagers involved, where a patient in a hospital is attempting to hangup the telephone or in rough environments such as aboard ships or aircraft the li-mited area of contact at the receiver end h.as proven to be a deficiency.
Summary of the Invention The present in~ention relates to a one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a ~ertic~l panel or wall Tnounted telephone which can be quickly mounted to new inst~llations as well as existing installati`ons with this adaptability and ease of installati`on being a primary aspect sought to be achieved by the present inventi`on.
The present invention seeks to provide a cradle which is capable of readily acceptïng the trans~itter end of a Trimline~
telephone handset and which will gu;de the telephone into posi-tion whereby the receiver end of the handset w;ll engage the locking means or hook member which activates the cut-off switch.
Further the present invention seeks to provide a one-piece plas-tic handset cradle ~hich can be economically manufactured in relation to other forms of cradles and which can be rapidly in-stalled with a minimum of effort and thereby maintain the labor cost of installation at a low increment.
The invention in one aspect pertaïns to a one-piece plas-tic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone having a base panel, housing, and a handset with cord, the base panel having apertures therein and having at least a portion thereof spaced from a wall. The cradle includes a bottom with front, back and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom with slot means in the front and back cradle walls and the back wall of the cradle having a portion thereof adapted to underlie a telephone base panel. The back wall of the cradle is stepped and contoured to embrace at least a portion of a telephone and base panel when in operative association therewith, the stepped portion of the back wall carrying integral retaining means including a plural-ity of protuberance means complimentary to and acceptable within apertures in the back panel. The cradle is resiliently expand-ible to permit mounting thQreof on a telephone, the back wallslot means of the cradle being substantially wider than the front wall slot means. The side and front ~alls when the i ,~
cradle is in mounted posltion~ extending forwardly of a tele-phone housing and contoured interiorly to accept one end of the telephone handset, the cradle having means for guiding the hand-set cord duri`ng the hang-up of the handset.
Other aspects of the invention will become apparent when the description is read i`n conjunction with the drawings.
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Brief Summary of the~Drawi`ngs Fig. 1 is- a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention in an installed position in association with a wall mounted telephone and showing the handset in a captured hung up position.
Fig~ 2 is a perspective view of the cradle per se as viewed from the upper backside thereof.
Fig. 3 is an elevational view in partial section of the basic mounting means for this type of telephone and showing the cooperative engagement of the cradle of the present invention with this back panel; and Fig. 4 is~ a perspective view, without the portion of the wall shown in Fig. 1, showing the cradle in mounted position on a telephone and showing the handset in the process of being introduced into the cradle.
Detailed Description Referring now to the drawings wherein similar parts are designated by similar numerals, a cradle 10 of the present inventiOn Case 3175 61~5 is utilized with a telephone 12 mounted on a vertical support such as the wall 16. ~he telephone 12 includes an underlying member 18 having a base 20 and upstanding sidewall 22 in which there are located spaced slot 24 and 26 at the upper and lower regions thereof, respectively.
The various elements making up the telephone such as the circuitry, the ringer and the switch mechanism are mounted on the underlying member 18 which then are covered by an encasing body 30 which is attached to and overlies the underlying member 18. ~he encasing body includes a recess 32 at its upper extremity and a hangup bar 34 projecting into said recess 32 as will be described hereinafter.
'rhe telephone, as exemplified in the present invention is of the type known as the ~rimline~) telephone and includes a thin elongated handset 36 with the transmitter 38 at one end and a protuberance like receiver 40 at the opposite end. ~he receiver 40 has a shoulder means 42 extending angularly outwardly from the handset 36 and adapted to cooperate with the plunger 34 to retain the handset 36 in mounted hungup position. ~he encasing body 30 also may include sidewalls 44 for purposes of better capturing the handset when the receiver 40 is placed into recess 32. An additional recess is provided at the lower extremity of the encasing body 30, and not shown, for accepting the contour of the handset 36 adjacent the transmitting end 38.
The base 20 of the underlying member 18 is positioned and mounted substantially parallel to the wall support 16 and may, if desired, have interposed there between a flat plate-like member 50.
One or more screws are introduced through the upper end of the Case 3175 6~5 underlying member 18 and an additional screw 52 is used at the lower extremity and penetrates a keyhole slot 54 for providing lateral stability to the base 20.
While the lrimline~ telephone design was a dramatic improve-ment over previous wall hung telephones the ~imited area of contact between the shoulder 42 and the switch bar 34 did not readily permit usage of this telephone design in harsh environments. Unless the handset 36 is accurately placed relative to the encasing body 30, there is a tendency when the phone is used by elderly people or young children to not cooperate in the retaining means area thereby resulting in frequent droppages of the handset 36. In the pr esent instance such handset incorporate either a telephone dial or tone pushbuttons which add to the cost of the handset 36 and result in high cost of repair and replacement.
~he Er esent invention is directed to a solution to this problem, namely, a means to accurately retain the handset 36 to direct it to the position of engagement between the shoulder 42 and switch bar 34 and further to insure quick, positive location of the connecting cordset 56 which extends between the handset 36 and the mechanism carried by the underlying member 18.
A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment can be best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. Such a cradle lO includes a bottom wall 60, a front wall 62, a back wall 64 and sidewalls 66. ~he front wall 62 and the bottom 60 are interrupted by a slot 68 which extends through all of the front wall 62 and a substantial portion of the bottor~ 60, in the Case 3175 J~4~ 5 present embodiment the slot 68 belng widened substantially as it enters the bottom 60, as indicated at 70.
rrhe back wall 64 includes a first part 72 extending generally perpendicularly to the sidewall 60, a second part 74 and a third ~art 76 which is parallel to the first part. This stepped configuration of the back wall and the opposed edges of the third portion 76 define a back slot 80 through a substantial portion of its extent along the vertical d imension of the sidewall 66 and a narrowed slot 82 formed by a pair of spaced opposed flanges 84 that extend vertically adjacent the bottom 60, for purposes best set forth hereinafter.
~xtending inwardly from the back wall and particularly from adjacent the juncture of second portion 74 with first portion 72, are one or more retaining means 86 adapted to be accepted within the slot 76 at the lower end of the side flanges 22 of the base panel 18. The axial spacing of the two ribs 86, as shown in Fig. 2J has the opposite edges thereof spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the axial opening of slot 26 in the side flanges 22 of base panel 18. The protuberances or ribs 86 are positioned mirror image along the opposed second portion 74.
Each of the sidewalls also includes a generally triangular shaped extension 90 having a vertically disposed edge 92 and a tapered edge 94 which joins the juncture of the sidewall 66 with the front wall 52. ~he upper edge 96 of the front wall 62 is also tapered from that juncture point down to the mouth of the slot 68, for purposes best set forth hereinafter.
Case 3175 6~35 ~s can be best seen in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the cradle contem-plated in the present invention has its forward walls generally curved both interiorly and exteriorly to conform to the shape of the lower end of the handset 36. The sidewalls 66 are generally space~l apart a dist~nce substantially complimentary to the sidewall spaclng of the encasing body 30 while the lateral spacing of the second portion 74 of the backwall 64 is substantially identical to the spacing of the flanges 22 of the base plate 18. ~o make use of the cradle the sidewal~ 66 are flexed away from one another by a slight bending of the bottom 60, as shown in the broken lines in Fig. 3. The cradle is then moved axially relative to the base panel 18 with the back portion 76 of stepped back wall 64 being caused to underly the base panel 18, the second portion 74 to embrace the flanges 22 and with axial movement being completed when the second portion 74, adjacent the bottom 60 is brought into lower juxtaposition with the base panel 18 and the ribs or protuberances 86 snap into the slots 26 on opposite sides thereof. When the cradle reaches this mounted position, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4, the vertical edge 92 of each of the extensions 90 is disposed adjacent to but rearwardly of the forward edge of the encasing body 30, the space within the cradle lO,as defined by the encasing body 30 and the forward wall 62, is generally equal to the spacing or thickness of the handset 36 at its lower end when it is positioned within the recess of the sidewall 44 of the encasing body 30.
'rhe lower slot 82, as defined by the flanges 84, is generally aligned with suitable mechanism mounted on the base panel 18 to permit the terminal end of the cordset 56 to be plugged in and protected .
Case 3175 by said flanges 84.
When the handset 36 is to be introduced into the cradle, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4, the sloping edges 94 of the extensions 90 and the upper edge 96 of the front wall 62 insure that the cordset 56 is guided forwardly into the slot 68 located in front wall 62 and lead downwardly into the enlarged portion 70 of slot 68 so that the phone handset 36 can smoothly move into the interior of the cradle 10. As the handset 36 moves into the cradle 10 its contoured cooperating shape insures that the shoulder 42 will engage the bar 34 for activation of the cutoff switch. It has been found that the handset can be inserted angularly from virtually any attitude as long as it is the transmitter 38 end of the handset 36 that is placed within the cradle opening.
No bunching of the cordset 56 is experienced due to the direction guiding means defined by the extensions 90 and its cooperating slope 94 and 96. ~he device can be readily utilized with new installations as well as existing installations and takes advantage of the flexibility of the injection molded plastics from which it is formed to permit the flexing of the sidewall 66, as shown by the broken line 100 to permit the resilient snap engagement of the protuberance rib 86 with the slot 26.
Other forms of the invention will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
Background of the Invention Cradles and auxiliary cradles for serving a secondary function such as supporti`ng a receiver without disconnecting the circuit is generally shown ln -the U. S. patent to Clarke 1,391,370. With the advent of com~ining the receiver with the transmitter into a single handsetr having pronounced protuber-ances with generally tapered cylindrical shapes, produced a large numb.er of hangers and cradles, for example, see the United States Letters- Patents to B. H:. King 2,339,413; S. G.
Sears 2,443,329; J. J. Fleming 2,632,334; W.V. Fielder, Jr.
3,150,239 and D. T. Ross 3,538,267. Each of these devices were dependent upon the large protuberance of the receiver and trans-mitter extending laterally from the joining hand-piece and relied heavily upon the area ofconta~t ~ai~ble. With the introduction of the Trimline~ teleph.ones designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories, of the type shown in the U. S. patent to ~. W. Walden 3,557,322, the problems of controlling the proper usage of the telephone at the time of hang-up became more critïcal. These later tele-phones include a dial or tone buttons in the handset and damageto the handset resulted ïn a greater cost of repair and/or replacement. While the locking means discussed in the patent to Walden 3,557,322 is adequate when the device is utilized in the proper fashion, it functions well and its aesthetic appearance is pleasing to the eye, unfortunately, in many environments where there are teenagers involved, where a patient in a hospital is attempting to hangup the telephone or in rough environments such as aboard ships or aircraft the li-mited area of contact at the receiver end h.as proven to be a deficiency.
Summary of the Invention The present in~ention relates to a one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a ~ertic~l panel or wall Tnounted telephone which can be quickly mounted to new inst~llations as well as existing installati`ons with this adaptability and ease of installati`on being a primary aspect sought to be achieved by the present inventi`on.
The present invention seeks to provide a cradle which is capable of readily acceptïng the trans~itter end of a Trimline~
telephone handset and which will gu;de the telephone into posi-tion whereby the receiver end of the handset w;ll engage the locking means or hook member which activates the cut-off switch.
Further the present invention seeks to provide a one-piece plas-tic handset cradle ~hich can be economically manufactured in relation to other forms of cradles and which can be rapidly in-stalled with a minimum of effort and thereby maintain the labor cost of installation at a low increment.
The invention in one aspect pertaïns to a one-piece plas-tic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone having a base panel, housing, and a handset with cord, the base panel having apertures therein and having at least a portion thereof spaced from a wall. The cradle includes a bottom with front, back and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom with slot means in the front and back cradle walls and the back wall of the cradle having a portion thereof adapted to underlie a telephone base panel. The back wall of the cradle is stepped and contoured to embrace at least a portion of a telephone and base panel when in operative association therewith, the stepped portion of the back wall carrying integral retaining means including a plural-ity of protuberance means complimentary to and acceptable within apertures in the back panel. The cradle is resiliently expand-ible to permit mounting thQreof on a telephone, the back wallslot means of the cradle being substantially wider than the front wall slot means. The side and front ~alls when the i ,~
cradle is in mounted posltion~ extending forwardly of a tele-phone housing and contoured interiorly to accept one end of the telephone handset, the cradle having means for guiding the hand-set cord duri`ng the hang-up of the handset.
Other aspects of the invention will become apparent when the description is read i`n conjunction with the drawings.
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Brief Summary of the~Drawi`ngs Fig. 1 is- a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention in an installed position in association with a wall mounted telephone and showing the handset in a captured hung up position.
Fig~ 2 is a perspective view of the cradle per se as viewed from the upper backside thereof.
Fig. 3 is an elevational view in partial section of the basic mounting means for this type of telephone and showing the cooperative engagement of the cradle of the present invention with this back panel; and Fig. 4 is~ a perspective view, without the portion of the wall shown in Fig. 1, showing the cradle in mounted position on a telephone and showing the handset in the process of being introduced into the cradle.
Detailed Description Referring now to the drawings wherein similar parts are designated by similar numerals, a cradle 10 of the present inventiOn Case 3175 61~5 is utilized with a telephone 12 mounted on a vertical support such as the wall 16. ~he telephone 12 includes an underlying member 18 having a base 20 and upstanding sidewall 22 in which there are located spaced slot 24 and 26 at the upper and lower regions thereof, respectively.
The various elements making up the telephone such as the circuitry, the ringer and the switch mechanism are mounted on the underlying member 18 which then are covered by an encasing body 30 which is attached to and overlies the underlying member 18. ~he encasing body includes a recess 32 at its upper extremity and a hangup bar 34 projecting into said recess 32 as will be described hereinafter.
'rhe telephone, as exemplified in the present invention is of the type known as the ~rimline~) telephone and includes a thin elongated handset 36 with the transmitter 38 at one end and a protuberance like receiver 40 at the opposite end. ~he receiver 40 has a shoulder means 42 extending angularly outwardly from the handset 36 and adapted to cooperate with the plunger 34 to retain the handset 36 in mounted hungup position. ~he encasing body 30 also may include sidewalls 44 for purposes of better capturing the handset when the receiver 40 is placed into recess 32. An additional recess is provided at the lower extremity of the encasing body 30, and not shown, for accepting the contour of the handset 36 adjacent the transmitting end 38.
The base 20 of the underlying member 18 is positioned and mounted substantially parallel to the wall support 16 and may, if desired, have interposed there between a flat plate-like member 50.
One or more screws are introduced through the upper end of the Case 3175 6~5 underlying member 18 and an additional screw 52 is used at the lower extremity and penetrates a keyhole slot 54 for providing lateral stability to the base 20.
While the lrimline~ telephone design was a dramatic improve-ment over previous wall hung telephones the ~imited area of contact between the shoulder 42 and the switch bar 34 did not readily permit usage of this telephone design in harsh environments. Unless the handset 36 is accurately placed relative to the encasing body 30, there is a tendency when the phone is used by elderly people or young children to not cooperate in the retaining means area thereby resulting in frequent droppages of the handset 36. In the pr esent instance such handset incorporate either a telephone dial or tone pushbuttons which add to the cost of the handset 36 and result in high cost of repair and replacement.
~he Er esent invention is directed to a solution to this problem, namely, a means to accurately retain the handset 36 to direct it to the position of engagement between the shoulder 42 and switch bar 34 and further to insure quick, positive location of the connecting cordset 56 which extends between the handset 36 and the mechanism carried by the underlying member 18.
A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment can be best seen in Figs. 2 and 3. Such a cradle lO includes a bottom wall 60, a front wall 62, a back wall 64 and sidewalls 66. ~he front wall 62 and the bottom 60 are interrupted by a slot 68 which extends through all of the front wall 62 and a substantial portion of the bottor~ 60, in the Case 3175 J~4~ 5 present embodiment the slot 68 belng widened substantially as it enters the bottom 60, as indicated at 70.
rrhe back wall 64 includes a first part 72 extending generally perpendicularly to the sidewall 60, a second part 74 and a third ~art 76 which is parallel to the first part. This stepped configuration of the back wall and the opposed edges of the third portion 76 define a back slot 80 through a substantial portion of its extent along the vertical d imension of the sidewall 66 and a narrowed slot 82 formed by a pair of spaced opposed flanges 84 that extend vertically adjacent the bottom 60, for purposes best set forth hereinafter.
~xtending inwardly from the back wall and particularly from adjacent the juncture of second portion 74 with first portion 72, are one or more retaining means 86 adapted to be accepted within the slot 76 at the lower end of the side flanges 22 of the base panel 18. The axial spacing of the two ribs 86, as shown in Fig. 2J has the opposite edges thereof spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the axial opening of slot 26 in the side flanges 22 of base panel 18. The protuberances or ribs 86 are positioned mirror image along the opposed second portion 74.
Each of the sidewalls also includes a generally triangular shaped extension 90 having a vertically disposed edge 92 and a tapered edge 94 which joins the juncture of the sidewall 66 with the front wall 52. ~he upper edge 96 of the front wall 62 is also tapered from that juncture point down to the mouth of the slot 68, for purposes best set forth hereinafter.
Case 3175 6~35 ~s can be best seen in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the cradle contem-plated in the present invention has its forward walls generally curved both interiorly and exteriorly to conform to the shape of the lower end of the handset 36. The sidewalls 66 are generally space~l apart a dist~nce substantially complimentary to the sidewall spaclng of the encasing body 30 while the lateral spacing of the second portion 74 of the backwall 64 is substantially identical to the spacing of the flanges 22 of the base plate 18. ~o make use of the cradle the sidewal~ 66 are flexed away from one another by a slight bending of the bottom 60, as shown in the broken lines in Fig. 3. The cradle is then moved axially relative to the base panel 18 with the back portion 76 of stepped back wall 64 being caused to underly the base panel 18, the second portion 74 to embrace the flanges 22 and with axial movement being completed when the second portion 74, adjacent the bottom 60 is brought into lower juxtaposition with the base panel 18 and the ribs or protuberances 86 snap into the slots 26 on opposite sides thereof. When the cradle reaches this mounted position, as seen in Figs. 1 and 4, the vertical edge 92 of each of the extensions 90 is disposed adjacent to but rearwardly of the forward edge of the encasing body 30, the space within the cradle lO,as defined by the encasing body 30 and the forward wall 62, is generally equal to the spacing or thickness of the handset 36 at its lower end when it is positioned within the recess of the sidewall 44 of the encasing body 30.
'rhe lower slot 82, as defined by the flanges 84, is generally aligned with suitable mechanism mounted on the base panel 18 to permit the terminal end of the cordset 56 to be plugged in and protected .
Case 3175 by said flanges 84.
When the handset 36 is to be introduced into the cradle, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4, the sloping edges 94 of the extensions 90 and the upper edge 96 of the front wall 62 insure that the cordset 56 is guided forwardly into the slot 68 located in front wall 62 and lead downwardly into the enlarged portion 70 of slot 68 so that the phone handset 36 can smoothly move into the interior of the cradle 10. As the handset 36 moves into the cradle 10 its contoured cooperating shape insures that the shoulder 42 will engage the bar 34 for activation of the cutoff switch. It has been found that the handset can be inserted angularly from virtually any attitude as long as it is the transmitter 38 end of the handset 36 that is placed within the cradle opening.
No bunching of the cordset 56 is experienced due to the direction guiding means defined by the extensions 90 and its cooperating slope 94 and 96. ~he device can be readily utilized with new installations as well as existing installations and takes advantage of the flexibility of the injection molded plastics from which it is formed to permit the flexing of the sidewall 66, as shown by the broken line 100 to permit the resilient snap engagement of the protuberance rib 86 with the slot 26.
Other forms of the invention will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
Claims (10)
1. A one-piece plastic handset cradle attachment for a wall mounted telephone having a base panel, housing, and a handset with cord, the base panel having apertures therein and having at least a portion thereof spaced from a wall, said cradle including a bottom with front, back and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, slot means in said front and back cradle walls, the back wall of said cradle having a portion thereof adapted to underlie a telephone base panel, and the back wall of said cradle being stepped and contoured to embrace at least a portion of a telephone and base panel when in operative association therewith, the stepped portion of said back wall carrying integral retaining means including a plurality of protuberance means complimentary to and acceptable within apertures in said back panel, said cradle being resiliently expandible to permit mounting thereof on a telephone, said back wall slot means of said cradle being substantially wider than said front wall slot means, said side and front walls when said cradle is in mounted position, extending forwardly of a telephone housing and contoured interiorly to accept one end of the telephone handset, and said cradle having means for guiding the handset cord during the hang-up of the handset.
2. A device of the type claimed in claim 1 wherein said slot means in said front wall extends into said bottom.
3. A device of the type claimed in claim 1 wherein a portion of said sidewalls which extend beyond a telephone housing each include a tapered extension extending axially away from said bottom with the high point being positioned adjacent said telephone housing and tapering downwardly to the juncture with said front wall to serve as said guide means for a handset and its connecting cord.
4. A cradle of the type claimed in claim 3 wherein the upper edge of said front wall from its junctures with said sidewall extensions tapers inwardly to its merger with said front wall slot means to further serve as said handset cord guide means to thereby insure positioning of a cord within the lower extremity of said front wall slot means and thereby eliminate interference or hang-up of said cord with the acceptance of a handset within said cradle.
5. A cradle of the type claimed in claim 1 wherein said stepped back wall of said cradle includes a first portion extending inwardly from said sidewalls and adapted to underlie the housing for said telephone, a second portion extending substantially parallel to said sidewalls to embrace a flange of a telephone back panel and a third portion extending inwardly to form a margins of said back wall slot means and adapted to underlie said back panel, said second portion carrying said retaining protuberance means thereon.
6. A cradle of the type claimed in claim 5 wherein said back wall of said cradle adjacent said bottom is also provided with similar stepped portions for cooperative embracement and underlying of a telephone housing and its back panel, flanged slot means in said bottom stepped portion extending inwardly from said cradle back wall and which is centrally located to accommodate the connection at one end of a connecting cordset to the telephone, said slot means in said front wall extending into said bottom and the other end of said cordset attached to said handset being acceptable within the slot means in said front wall and bottom.
7. A one-piece plastic supplemental cradle in combination with a wall supported telephone and handset wherein said wall supported telephone includes an elongated underlying member and an encasing plastic body, said underlying member having a base provided with means for mounting same in parallel spaced relation to a vertical wall, apertured sidewalls extending from said base, said encasing plastic body attached to and overlying said underlying member with the back edges thereof being in spaced relation to said vertical wall, said telephone encasing plastic body including a recess having a linearly moveable hook disposed at its bottom end adapted to cooperate with a single protrusion on the handset located at the receiver end of the handset, said supplemental cradle including a bottom and front, back and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom to form an open ended container adapted to accept the transmitting end of said handset, slot means in said front and back cradle walls communicating with said open end, the margins of said back cradle wall defining its associated slot means being substantially complimentary to said telephone underlying member and encasing body with said side walls of the cradle embracing said telephone encasing body over a substantial portion of its length opposite said recess, means for retaining said cradle in releasable mounted relation to said telephone underlying member, said side and front walls of said cradle extending outwardly beyond said telephone encasing body a distance adequate to freely accept a substantial portion of the transmitting end of said handset therein, and means for guiding a cord interconnecting said handset with said telephone into said slot means in said front wall.
8. A cradle of the type claimed in claim 7 wherein said cradle back wall includes a stepped configuration having two spaced interconnected flange-like portions adapted to engage and underlie the edges of said telephone encasing body and the surface of said telephone underlying member facing said vertical wall.
9. A cradle of the type claimed in claim 8 wherein the means interconnecting said flange-like portions carries at least one protuberance complimentary to and engageable with said apertured sidewall of said telephone underlying member.
10. A cradle of the type claimed in claim 7 wherein said cradle sidewalls which extend outwardly beyond said telephone encasing body, each include a tapered extension extending axially away from said cradle bottom with the high point positioned adjacent said telephone and tapering downwardly to the juncture with said cradle front wall and adapted to serve as means to guide said cordset into said front wall slot means.
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