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US5457745A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Adjustable mobile phone holder

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1994-07-11
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Granted: 1995-10-10
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Expires: 2014-07-11
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is an adjustable mobile phone holder comprising a lower housing, an upper housing, a left plate combination, a right plate combination, and a slide block. The lower housing matches with the upper housing; left and right left plate combinations are movably inserted into respective channels on the upper housing for adjustment in width; two insert plates are movably put into respective vertical plates of the left and right plate combinations for adjustment in height; and the slide block is movably into the upper housing for adjustment in length.

Inventors

  • 👤 Chin-Yang Wang

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 13:18
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R11/00; B60R11/02; B60R11/0241; B60R2011/0042; B60R2011/0049; B60R2011/0064; B60R2011/0071

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 388 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder comprising: a lower housing having thereon a plurality of screw holes; an upper housing matched with said lower housing, said upper housing having an underside and a top side, a plurality of screw holes on the underside for connecting to said plurality of screw holes on said lower housing by screws; two guide blocks longitudinally inward extended a length of distance over the underside of the upper housing, an opening cut from and along a portion of an outer wall of each of the guide blocks respectively, a one-way toothed portion formed on a lower inner side of each of said openings, a rib disposed between said two guide blocks; a pivot pin on the underside for mounting thereon of a catch means; said catch means comprising a catch knob at one end, a toothed catch on one side, a stop catch on a back side, a round head at another end for mounting thereon of a torsion spring; said torsion spring having one leg thereof hooking up to said stop catch; a stop pin on the underside for hooking up thereto another leg of said torsion spring; two channels on the top side of the upper housing, a shank upstanding between said two channels for mounting thereon of a knurl to be covered by a cover plate; a left plate combination comprising a horizontal plate having a first toothed section on an inner side for engagement with said knurl, and a vertical plate being perpendicular to said horizontal plate and having two channels on opposite sides for insertion therein of an insert plate; a right plate combination designed to be exactly the same as said left plate combination, but operating in an opposite direction; a slide block comprising a base disposed between two prongs, said prongs each having a push button extended outward from a front end and connected thereto by a toothed member for engagement with each of said toothed portions on said upper housing respectively; wherein said left and right plate combinations are movably inserted into the two channels on said upper housing respectively for adjustment in width, and with the movement of the insert plates for adjustment in thickness, and said slide block being movably inserted into said upper housing between said two guide blocks for adjustment in length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 388 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder comprising: a lower housing having thereon a plurality of screw holes; an upper housing matched with said lower housing, said upper housing having an underside and a top side, a plurality of screw holes on the underside for connecting to said plurality of screw holes on said lower housing by screws; two guide blocks longitudinally inward extended a length of distance over the underside of the upper housing, an opening cut from and along a portion of an outer wall of each of the guide blocks respectively, a one-way toothed portion formed on a lower inner side of each of said openings, a rib disposed between said two guide blocks; a pivot pin on the underside for mounting thereon of a catch means; said catch means comprising a catch knob at one end, a toothed catch on one side, a stop catch on a back side, a round head at another end for mounting thereon of a torsion spring; said torsion spring having one leg thereof hooking up to said stop catch; a stop pin on the underside for hooking up thereto another leg of said torsion spring; two channels on the top side of the upper housing, a shank upstanding between said two channels for mounting thereon of a knurl to be covered by a cover plate; a left plate combination comprising a horizontal plate having a first toothed section on an inner side for engagement with said knurl, and a vertical plate being perpendicular to said horizontal plate and having two channels on opposite sides for insertion therein of an insert plate; a right plate combination designed to be exactly the same as said left plate combination, but operating in an opposite direction; a slide block comprising a base disposed between two prongs, said prongs each having a push button extended outward from a front end and connected thereto by a toothed member for engagement with each of said toothed portions on said upper housing respectively; wherein said left and right plate combinations are movably inserted into the two channels on said upper housing respectively for adjustment in width, and with the movement of the insert plates for adjustment in thickness, and said slide block being movably inserted into said upper housing between said two guide blocks for adjustment in length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 49 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said toothed catch on said catch means is engaged with or disengaged from a second toothed section on said horizontal plate of said left plate combination for width adjustments by said catch knob on said catch means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 54 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said toothed members on said prongs of said slide block are engaged with or disengaged from said toothed portions on said guide blocks of said upper housing respectively for length adjustment by said push buttons on said prongs of said slide block.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 38 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said lower housing further comprises a slot on the back at the center, and another plurality of screw holes for fixedly connecting with an external stand.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 39 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said catch means comprises a thru-hole on said round head far insertion therein of said pivot pin, such that said catch means rotates about said pivot pin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 83 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said two channels on said vertical plate of said left plate combination have each a toothed section on a top end for engagement with a respective toothed section formed in said insert plate of said left plate combination on either side, and a tongue protruding from the center of the vertical plate for joint with a groove cut on said insert plate to limit the upper movement of said insert plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 33 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said vertical plate and said insert plate of said right plate combination are exactly the same as said left plate combination.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 45 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rib disposed between said two guide blocks on said upper housing for inserting into a groove formed on said base of said slide block, so as to help said block move smoother.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 48 words
An adjustable mobile phone holder as set forth in claim 1, wherein said horizontal plate of either said left or said right plate combination has a tip formed at one end adjacent to said first toothed section and acting as a stop to limit the horizontal movement thereof.

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