Telephone Device With Means for Changing the Angle of Inclination

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention comprises a telephone means composed of a telephone set and of a device for changing its angle of inclination relative to its supporting surface.

2. Description of the Prior Art

An arrangement is already known wherein a wedge-shaped lower part is employed as holding device. This lower part is dimensioned such with respect to its angle of inclination that it corresponds to the angle of inclination of the operating surface of the telephone set, so that the angle of inclination can be doubled given employment of the telephone set as a table-top set, whereas the angle of inclination of the table-top set is compensated given employment of the telephone set as a wall telephone.

An object of the present invention is to provide a further possibility for changing the angle of inclination of a telephone set with simple means.

This object is achieved in that the device is formed by a wire shackle which has two ends facing one another and at a distance from one another pivotably seated in recesses of the telephone set and in that the wire shackle is fashioned such that the telephone set can be placed into at least two different angles of inclination relative to its supporting surface. This wire shackle can be easily and quickly introduced into the recesses of the telephone set and allows the user to bring the operating surface of the telephone set facing him into the desired attitude merely by pivoting the wire shackle.

To this end, the wire shackle can be shaped essentially U-shaped in its respective region effecting the change in angle of inclination, whereby the legs and the base of this region respectively comprise different lengths. The regions can thereby be connected to one another via a web. Between the regions, this web can comprise a curvature having a large radius. By bending this web, the distance between the ends of the wire shackle engaging into the recesses of the telephone set can be changed within certain limits.

In order to increase the resistance to slipping, the regions of the wire shackle resting on the supporting surface can be provided with a cladding of elastic material, whereby the cladding can be riffled.

The invention shall be set forth in greater detail below with reference to an exemplary embodiment. Shown are:

FIG. 1 is a telephone set comprising a wire shackle for changing the angle of inclination.

FIG. 2 is the wire shackle in a perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a cut side view of the wire shackle along the section line III--III.

FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of a telephone set and wire shackle taken generally along the line IV--IV of FIG. 1.

A telephone set 1 used as a table-top set should be variable with respect to its angle of inclination by means of an adjustable device.

A wire shackle 2 serves this purpose, this wire shackle 2 being bent such that two different angles of inclination of the telephone set with respect to the supporting surface accepting it can be achieved on the basis of different leg lengths. The region of the wire shackle 2 effecting the change of angle of inclination is desiged essentially U-shaped, whereby a free end 4 of a leg 3 is bent off at a right angle and is directed toward the other region fashioned U-shaped. This end 4 engages into a recess 12 in a floor trough 5 of the telephone set 1. A quick mounting as well as an easy pivoting of the wire shackle for changing the angle of inclination are thereby possible. A base 6 of the region adjacent to the leg 3 is kept somewhat smaller with respect to its length than the leg 3, whereas a leg 7 in turn connecting to the base 6 is even shorter than the base 6. The other region of the wire shackle (not shown here) effecting the change in angle of inclination is fashioned in the same way as the illustrated region and is integrally connected thereto via a web 8. The web 8 is thereby bent with a large radius in order to compensate tolerances which can occur between the angled ends of the wire shackle 2 which are hooked into the floor trough 5. In order to increase the resistance to slipping, the wire shackle is provided with a cladding 9 in the seating region. This cladding preferably composed of rubber comprises a longitudinal riffling 10.

In the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a first position of the telephone set relative to its supporting surface 11 is shown with solid lines, whereas a second position having a greater angle of inclination relative to the supporting surface is shown with broken lines.

As is apparent from the foregoing specification, the invention is susceptible of being embodied with various alterations and modifications which may differ particularly from those that have been described in the preceding specification and description. It should be understood that we wish to embody within the scope of the patent warranted hereon all such modifications as reasonably and properly come within the scope of our contribution to the art.