US3266819A

US3266819A - Memo pad attachment for telephone

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Publication number: US3266819A
Application number: US412906A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alice R Huff
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-11-23
Filing date: 1964-11-23
Publication date: 1966-08-16
Anticipated expiration: 1983-08-16

Description

Aug. 16, 1966 A. R. HUFF 3,266,819

MEMO PAD ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE Filed Nov. 25, 1964 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

ALICE R. HUFF 49.? BY 2 z W 5434/, fi #DM A. R. HUFF MEMO PAD ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE Aug. 16, 1966 5 SheetsSheet 2 Filed NOV. 23, 1964 ulim INVENTOR. ALICE R. HUFF A r TORNE rs Aug. 16, 1966 A. R. HUFF MEMO PAD ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed NOV. 23, 1964 A T TOR/VEYS United States Patent Ce 3,266,819 MEMO PAD ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE Alice R. Huff, 244 D St., Chula Vista, Calif. Filed Nov. 23, 1964. Ser. No. 412,906 4 Claims. (Cl. 281-15) The present invention relates to a stand which is adapted to be connected'to a telephone land which is adapted to carry a pad of paper or a pencil or both.

In one form of the invention, the stand is provided with a platform having an area for receiving a telephone instrument and an area for receiving a pad of paper, together with resilient means for attaching the stand to the instrument, whereby when the stand is lifted, the stand wih the pad thereon is attached thereto and movable therewith.

More specifically, a shoe is or shoes are movlably carried by the stand and a spring urges the shoe or shoes against the base of the instrument. Preferably the two shoes are carried by a carriage, and this carriage is movable relative to the stand; an opening is provided in the platform and part of the carriage is disposed below the platform; likewise the spring is disposed below the platform and engages the carriage part for forcing the shoes against the base of the telephone.

In another embodiment of the invention, the stand is not provided with an (area for receiving a telephone, but is provided with a section which is adapted to be frictionally attached to a wall type telephone.

In both embodiments, the stand is provided with a depressed portion which receives a spring and this spring normally urges a lever into pad holding position.

Other features and the advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the improved stand;

FIG. 2 is a view of the left side of the stand, looking in the direction of arrows 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectionlal view taken along line 33 of FIG. 1 and showing a standard telephone instrument, in phantom, on the stand;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the stand looking in the direction of 44 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG, 1 but showing the stand in the form for supporting a Princess type telephone;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 5, and showing la Princess type telephone instrument, in phantom;

FIG. 7 is a front view of a stand for a wall type telephone; and

FIG. 8 is a right side view of the stand shown in FIG. 7 and also showing a wall type telephone instrument, in phantom.

Referring more in detail to the drawings and particularly to FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, the stand 20 includes a platform 22 preferably formed of plastic and having a section forming an area 24 for supporting a standard type telephone instrument. A liarge central opening 26 is formed in this section to reduce the weight of the stand. The stand also includes an integral section 28 forming an area for supporting a pad of paper 30. The standard type telephone instrument is shown in phantom at 31 in FIG. 3. A rear wall 32, a right side wall 34, a left side wall 36 and two

front walls

38 and 40 extend upwardly from the platform about the telephone instrument supporting area 24. The rear wall 32 is provided with a slot 42 for receiving the wires for the instrument. The platform area 24 is depressed to form four sockets 44 for receiving the feet 45 on the standard type telephone instrument.

3,266,819 Patented August 16, 1966 Right side wall 46 and left side wall extend upwardly from the platform area section 28 and the rear end thereof are arcuately shaped as shown at 50 and 52 land merge with the front walls 40. The arcked portion 52 is provided with a slot 54 for receiving wires of the instrument. The front end of the platform area section 28 is depressed as shown at 56 for receiving a coil spring 58. The platform \area section 28 is provided with two

openings

60 and 62 adjacent the rear of that section. The bottom of the platform below the section 28 is provided with a downwardly extending boss 64.

A carriage 66 iscarried by the platform 22 rearwardly of the pad 30. This carriage is provided with two shoes

orthrust members

68 and 70 which are biased rearwardly i.e., to the left as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 3, against the base 72 of the telephone instrument 31. The carriage has two parts, 74 and 76 which extend through the

openings

60 and 62 in the platform and these parts are engaged by the

legs

78 and 80 of a leaf spring 82. This leaf spring, at the center thereof, is provided with an arcuately shaped portion 84 which is in abutting relationship with the boss 64. These leaf spring legs urge the

shoes

74 and 76 rearward- 1y. The pressure exerted by the leaf spring on the shoes and against the base 72 of the instrument 31 is of such value that when the telephone instrument is raised, the stand is raised with it. As is more clearly shown in FIG. 1, the stand is provided with

walls

86 and 88 which extend rearwardly, respectively, from the

walls

38 and 40 and these

walls

86 and 88 provide guides for the carriage 66. The wall 88 is provided with slot 90 in alignment with the slot 54 for receiving the instrument wires.

The front end of the platform 22 is provided with upwardly extending ears 92 for receiving pivot pins 94. A lever 96 is provided with downwardly extending ears 98 which are pivotally mounted on the pins 94. This lever extends rearwardly and is provided with a downwardly extending portion 100 which lies above the front of the area section 28 and in abutting relationship with the top side of the pad 30 for holding the pad in position. One end 102 of the spring 58 is in abutting relationship with the platform and the other end 104 is in abutting relationship with an ear 98 of the lever, above a line horizontally intersecting the axis of the pins 94 and normally urges the lever 96 in la counterclockwise direction whereby the portion 100 resiliently bears downwardly upon the pad 30.

The top of the lever carries a plurality of clips 106 for supporting a pencil 108.

Referring now to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, this embodiment includes a platform 122 forming a telephone instrument supporting section 124 and a pad supporting section 128. There the

walls

132, 134, 136, 138 and 140 are in the form of an ellipse for a telephone instrument known to the trade as the Princess type. These walls complement the base of the Princess type instrument shown in FIG. 6, in phantom, at 131. As is more clearly shown in FIG. 6, these

walls

132, 134 and 136 extend downwardly below the platform 122 and provide supporting section for the stand, and, walls 146 land 148, together with a front wall 147 extend below the platform section 128 to provide support 144 for the stand. A large opening 126 is provided in section 124 for reducing the weight of the stand.

In this embodiment the rear of the elliptical shaped wall is provided with a slot 142 for receiving telephone instrument wires and a slot 143 for forming a light switch opening. The wall 148 is provided with Ia slot 190 which is aligned with the slot 54 in the curved wall 52 for telephone instrument wires.

The carriage 166 is the same as that shown at 66 in FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, however in this embodiment the shoes or

thrust members

168 and 170 are curved to complement the curve on the base of the Princess type telephone instrument.

Referring now to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the stand 220 includes the platform 222 in the form of a rear wall having a pad supporting area section 228. The stand also includes a rectangularly shaped band 229 which is formed by

walls

232, 234, 236 and 238. This band 229 tightly embraces the recta-ngularly shaped base 272 of la wall type telephone instrument 231. In this embodiment, the Wall 232 is provided with

slots

242 and 254 for receiving wires leading to and from the instrument. The stand 220 is also provided with

walls

246 and 248 similar to the

walls

46 and 48 of FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, and is provided also with a depressed portion like that shown at 56 in FIGS. 1 to 4 for supporting the coil spring 58 which cooperates with the lever 96. Here aglain the lever 96 carries clips 106 for a pencil 108.

In this embodiment the back wall 222 including the portion 228 slopes rearwardly vertically for more convenient writing upon the pad 30.

The two embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 are particularly useful in conneciton with the so called plug in telephone in which the instrument may be carried from station to station. By virtue of the present invention, as the telephone is moved from one station to the other, the stand, carrying the pad and pencil, are carried with the instrument.

While the forms of embodiment herein shown and described, constitute preferred forms, it is to be understood that other forms may be adopted falling within the scope of the claims that follow.

I claim:

1. In combination:

(A) A stland having a platform, said platform having an opening, and having an area for receiving a telephone instrument, and an area for receiving a pad of P p (B) and resilient melans for attaching the stand to the instrument whereby when the instrument is lifted, the

stand with the pad thereon is also lifted, said means includes:

(1) a carriage slidably mounted on said platform,

said carriage including:

(a) a part extending downwardly through the opening in the platform;

(2) and spring means disposed below the platform and engaging said carriage part for urging said shoe means against the instrument.

2. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the shoe means comprises two shoes, horizontally spaced from one another.

3. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the combination is for an instrument having a horizontally extending and arcuately shaped base, and further characterized in that said shoes each have an arcuate shape complementing the shape of the 'base.

4. A combination as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the platform includes a downw ardly extending and integrally formed boss, and further characterized in that the spring means (B) (2) consists of a leaf spring having:

(a) a portion at least partly surrounding the boss,

(b) and two legs extending horizontally from said portion and engaging spaced sections of the said part of the carriage.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,789,264 1/1931 Revelle 281-15 1,908,840 5/1933 Greist et a1 28115 2,130,920 9/ 1938 Faye 28115 2,444,647 7/ 1948 Haveles 28115 2,573,157 10/1951 Miller 281-15 X 2,661,961 12/1953 Mohundro 28111 2,805,870 9/1957 Aimes 281-15 3,166,288 1/1965 Eisenberg 28115 X LAWRENCE CHARLES, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION: (A) A STAND HAVING A PLATFORM, SAID PLATFORM HAVING AN OPENING, AND HAVING AN AREA FOR RECEIVING A TELEPHONE INSTRUMENT, AND AN AREA FOR RECEIVING A PAD OF PAPER; (B) AND RESILIENT MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE STAND TO THE INSTRUMENT WHEREBY WHEN THE INSTRUMENT IS LIFTED, THE STAND WITH THE PAD THEREON IS ALSO LIFTER, SAID MEANS INCLUDES: (1) A CARRIAGE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM, SAID CARRIAGE INCLUDING: (A) A PART EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE PLATFORM; (2) AND SPRING MEANS DISPOSED BELOW THE PLATFORM AND ENGAGING SAID CARRIAGE PART FOR URGING SAID SHOE MEANS AGAINST THE INSTRUMENT.