Telephone enclosure

Claim 2

An enclosure for mounting a telephone in the top of a table, a desk, and the like, the telephone including a body with a substantially flat bottom, a selector dial inclined at an acute angle with respect to the bottom, upwardly extending ears to form a cradle, a handset shaped to rest in the cradle, and a cord extending from the body to the handset, the enclosure comprising a cover substantially flush with the top and releasably mounted in the top over the telephone body so as to overlie a major portion of the telephone body, the cover having a major, substantially horizontal plane, and an opening to expose at least a portion of the selector dial and to permit the telephone ears to project above the cover and permit passage of the cord so the handset is above the cover, a bracket including an elongated base portion for supporting the bottom of the telephone body and a separate end portion integral with each end of the base portion, and means for securing each end portion in a fixed position with respect to the cover, with the bottom of the telephone body being at an acute angle relative to the major plane of the cover so the selector dial is substantially horizontal.

Claim 3

Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the cover includes separate respective openings to receive each of the upwardly extending ears and control panel.

Claim 4

Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the cover is downwardly recessed around the ears to form pockets which receive the ends of the headset.

Claim 5

Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the end portions of the bracket are secured to the bottom of the cover to hold the telephone body in place.

Claim 6

Apparatus according to claim 4 in which one end portion of the bracket is hinged to the boTtom of the cover and in which the other end portion of the bracket is releasably secured to the bottom of the cover.

Claim 7

Apparatus according to claim 4 which includes means for adjusting the position of the telephone body with respect to the bracket.

Claim 8

Apparatus according to claim 1 in which the cover includes a separate opening at its edge to permit passage of the cord.

Claim 9

An enclosure for mounting a telephone in the top of a table, desk, and the like, the telephone including a body with a substantially flat bottom, a selector dial inclined at an acute angle with respect to the bottom, upwardly extending ears to form a cradle, a handset shaped to rest in the cradle, and a cord extending from the body to the headset, the enclosure comprises a cover substantially flush with and releasably mounted in the top over the telephone body so as to overlie a major portion of the telephone body, the cover having a major, substantially horizontal plane, a first opening to expose at least a portion of the selector dial, a second opening to permit the telephone ears to project above the cover, and a third opening at the edge of the cover to permit passage of the cord so the handset is above the cover, the cover being downwardly recessed around the ears to form pockets which receive the ends of the handset; and a bracket for supporting the bottom of the telephone body, the bracket being hinged at one end to the bottom of the cover and being releasably secured at the other end to the bottom of the cover to hold the bottom of the telephone body at an acute angle relative to the major plane of the cover so the selector dial is substantially horizontal.

Claim 10

An enclosure for mounting a telephone in the top of a table, desk, and the like, the telephone including a body with a substantially flat bottom, a selector dial inclined at an acute angle with respect to the bottom, upwardly extending ears to form a cradle, a handset shaped to rest in the cradle, and a cord extending from the body to the headset, the enclosure comprises a cover substantially flush with and releasably mounted in the top over the telephone body so as to overlie a major portion of the telephone body, the cover having a major, substantially horizontal plane, a first opening to expose at least a portion of the selector dial, a second opening to permit the telephone ears to project above the cover, and a third opening at the edge of the cover to permit passage of the cord so the handset is above the cover, the cover being downwardly recessed around the ears to form pockets which receive the ends of the handset; and a bracket for supporting the bottom of the telephone body, the bracket being hinged at one end to the bottom of the cover and being releasably secured at the other end to the bottom of the cover to hold the bottom of the telephone body at an acute angle relative to the major plane of the cover so the selector dial is substantially horizontal.