Combined telephone amplifier and radio receiver

Claim 1

A TELEPHONE AMPLIFIER AND RADIO COMPRISING A CABIINET HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FRONT WALL AND A REAR WALL, SAID FRONT WALL HAVING SPHERICALLY-CURVED, SOUND-PRODUCING CONCAVITIES SPACED APART FOR ALIGNMENT OF TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER PORTIONS OF A TELEPHONE HANDSET THEREWITH, A HANDSET SUPPORT PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE CABINET FOR LIMITED VERTICAL SWING MOVEMENT IN FRONT THEREOF, SAID SUPPORT HAVING A CENTRAL BAR PORTION AND RIGID LOOPS RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE BAR PORTION IN A LATERAL PLANE ACROSS THE DIAMETERS OF THE CONCAVITIES, SAID LOOPS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT RESPECTIVELY THE TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER PORTIONS OF THE HANDSET IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CONCAVITIES, A SWITCH OPERATING ARM EXTENDING FROM THE SUPPORT BAR PORTION REARWARDLY INTO THE CABINET, A TRANSISTORIZED AUDIO AMPLIFIER MOUNTED IN THE CABINET IN REAR OF THE FRONT WALL THEREOF, A LOUDSPEAKER CONNECTED TO THE AMPLIFIER AND LYING IN ONE OF THE WALLS OF THE CABINET, TWO SWITCHES MOUNTED RESPECTIVELY ABOVE AND BELOW SAID REARWARDLY EXTENDING OPERATING ARM, SAID AMPLIFIER BEING IN CIRCUIT WITH ONE OF SAID SWITCHES WHICH IS CLOSED BY THE ARM UPON THE SAME BEING TILTED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE HANDSET UPON THE HANDSET SUPPORT, BIASING MEANS TENDING TO KEEP THE HANDSET SUPPORT ELEVATED AND THE SWITCH UNOPERATED WHEN FREE OF THE HANDSET, A MICROPHONE LYING IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE CONCAVITIES AND CONNECTED TO THE AMPLIFIER, A RADIO SET MOUNTED IN THE CABINET AND CONNECTED TO THE OTHER OF SAID SWITCHES AND TO SAID AMPLIFIER, SAID OTHER SWITCH BEING OPENED BY SAID ARM TO DISCONNECT THE RADIO UPON THE HANDSET WEIGHTING THE HANDSET SUPPORT.