Desk mounting for telephone

Claim 1

Apparatus for providing a desk-top mounting of a phone of the type having a cradle and handset removably resting on the cradle when not in use, the handset having a dial between the pickup and earpiece ends of the handset, the cradle having a shutoff button projecting therefrom in a position to be engaged and depressed by the handset when placed on top of the cradle, comprising a flat supporting panel adapted to be mounted flush with the desk top, the panel having an elongated opening therein, a thin plastic sheet overlying the top surface of the panel and the elongated opening, the sheet having a pair of integrally formed spaced depressions formed therein extending into said opening, the depressions being adapted to receive the pickup and earphone ends respectively of the handset, one of said depressions having a small opening through the sheet for receiving the shutoff button of the cradle, a bracket detachably secured to the underside of the panel for supporting the cradle of the phone, the bracket holding the cradle at an acute angle to the panel with the portion having the shutoff button extending up into said opening in the panel adjacent one end of the elongated opening and with only the shutoff button projecting up through the opening in the plastic sheet, whereby the handset, when positioned in said depressions, engages the shutoff button, and a positioning bar secured to the under side of said panel and extending across the elongated opening adjacent the other end, the bar having a surface engaging the top of the cradle to clamp the cradle between the supporting bracket and the bar.