Mobile communication terminal having extendable antenna

Claim 1

A compact terminal or telephone for mobile communications comprising an RF transmission circuitry including a microphone, an RF signal amplifier and an antenna electrically-connected to each other for the transmission of messages, and an RF reception circuitry including an antenna, an RF signal demodulator and a speaker electrically connected to each other for the reception of messages, said terminal or telephone comprising an elongate main housing having a microphone adjacent the bottom portion thereof, and a speaker, an elongate extender element having a face surface, an upper end and a lower end, the lower end of which comprises a ball joint connection to hinge means, said hinge means attaching said extender element to said housing at an upper portion thereof for rotation into storage position parallel to said housing, said ball point connection pivotably-attaching the extender element to the hinge means for axial rotation of said extender element to direct the face surface thereof in any desired direction relative to said housing, and a planar radiator transmission/reception antenna element hingedly-attached to the upper end of said extender element, remote from said lower end, and a flexible RF cable signal coupler means between said main housing, through said extender element to said radiator antenna element to couple the RF transmission circuitry including the microphone of the main housing and the transmission antenna of the antenna element, and to couple the RF reception circuitry including the speaker of the main housing and the reception antenna of the antenna element, whereby for use of the terminal or telephone, the hinge means and the extender element are rotated from storage position to extend above the upper portion of the main housing, the extender element is rotated axially on said ball joint connection to direct the face surface thereof in any desired direction relative to the housing and the planar radiator antenna element is rotated and/or pivoted to face upwardly and away from the user in the direction of optimum transmission and reception, whereby the exposure of the user to intense RF power transmitted by the antenna element is substantially reduced or eliminated.