Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A portable terminal for use with a telephone handset, said terminal comprising: first housing means having a top portion incorporating a manually operable keyboard and a visible character generator, and a bottom portion incorporating an acoustical coupler means for removably receiving a telephone handset; second housing means having a top portion incorporating a spring-loaded telephone handset cradle means for supporting a telephone handset received by said coupler means when said cradle means is in a operative position; and means for pivotally intercoupling said first and second housing means to enable said portable terminal to be manipulated between a closed position in which said cradle means is retracted and an open position in which said cradle means is extended to said operative position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A portable terminal for use with a telephone handset, said terminal comprising: first housing means having a top portion incorporating a manually operable keyboard and a visible character generator, and a bottom portion incorporating an acoustical coupler means for removably receiving a telephone handset; second housing means having a top portion incorporating a spring-loaded telephone handset cradle means for supporting a telephone handset received by said coupler means when said cradle means is in a operative position; and means for pivotally intercoupling said first and second housing means to enable said portable terminal to be manipulated between a closed position in which said cradle means is retracted and an open position in which said cradle means is extended to said operative position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said second housing means has a pair of inner sidewalls partially defining an upwardly opening central cavity, and wherein said cradle means comprises plate means having a first end pivotally coupled to said inner sidewalls and means for biasing said plate means to said operative position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein said biasing means comprises a coiled spring having a first end coupled to said plate means and a second end coupled to said second housing means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein said plate means has a free end with a contour conformable with the handle portion of said telephone handset for receiving same.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein said central cavity has a floor portion and wherein said plate means subtends an acute angle with said floor portion when in said operative position.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein said floor portion has a substantially flat surface and said plate means is substantially parallel to said flat surface when in said retracted position.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein said central cavity has floor portion, and further including a resilient pad adhered to said floor portion adjacent said intercoupling means and adapted to contact a portion of said telephone handset to provide acoustical isolation therefor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
59 words
The combination of claim 2 wherein said first housing means has a substantially planar bottom peripheral surface, and said bottom portion includes a central region extending below the plane of said bottom peripheral surface, and wherein said central cavity of said second housing means is dimensioned to receive said central region when said terminal is in said closed position.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said second housing means includes a bottom portion, and resilient means secured to said bottom portion for providing acoustically isolated support for said terminal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The combination of claim 1 wherein said pivotally intercoupling means comprises hinge means coupled to first adjacent ends of said first and second housing means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The combination of claim 10 further including manually operable latch means coupled to second adjacent ends of said first and second housing means for releasably maintaining said terminal in said closed position.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
107 words
The combination of claim 11 wherein said latch means comprises a downwardly extending member slidably received in said first housing means at the end remote from said first adjacent end thereof, a manually operable externally accessible portion coupled to said downwardly extending member and means for biasing said downwardly said extending member from an unlatching position to a latching position, said downwardly extending member having a free end portion terminating in a latch tip, and a latch slot formed in said top portion of said second housing means for receiving said free end portion of said downwardly extending member when said terminal is in said closed position.