Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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TELEPHONE ORGANIZER
The present invention relates to an organizer for
a telephone and ancilliary items.
The telephone is one of the most ubiquitous of
instruments. Many people keep a personal telePhone directory
or roll card director for use in conjunction therewith and also
keep a note-pad and writing implement adjacent the telephone to
take notes and messages. There exists a need to collate
these items into a ~ingle structure of ne~t ap~earance
; 10 and compact form.
In accordance with the present invention, there is
provided a telephone organizer comprising an-openable
housing wherein resides the telephone, and provision is
made for locating within the enclosure at least one
telephone ancilliary item, such as, a personal directory
receiving holder telephone directory roll file or the like, a
paper pad support, a writing implement holder, a clock and
timing mechanism, and a telephone call recorder.
- The invention is described further, by way
of illustration, with reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the telephone
organizer of the invention with the housing or enclosure
open;
Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of
Figure l; and
Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the
- telephone organizer of Figure 1.
Referring to the drawings, a telephone organizer 10
30 comprises an enclosure 12 having a lower item-receiving
portion 14 and an upper portion 16 hinged thereto through
hinges 18. The hinges 18 enable the enclosurè 12 to be
opened and access to the contents thereof to be gained
by ~inging action of the upper portion 16 relative to the
35 lower portion 14c The hinges 18 are constructed to permit
the upper portion 16 to be hinged open only to an upright
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position of the upper portion 16, as seen in Figure 1.
The upper p~rtion 16 may have a strip of paper 20
adhesively mounted to an inside surface thereof. The paper
strip 20 may have emergency telephone numbers or other
5 useful information applied thereto. Prefera~ly, the paper
strip 20 is applied, as seen in ~igure 1, to the inside
surface of the upper portion 16 adjacent the hinges 18, so
as to ~e prominently displayed when the enclosure is'open.
The lower portion 14 has a generally rectangular side
10 wall 22 and rear wall 24 which extend downwardly for the same
distance, and a ~ottom wall 26 which slopes upwardly from
the lower end of the rear wall 24 towards a generally
rectangular front wall 28.
The front wall 28 is recessed slightly from the forward
15 edge of the side walls 22 for aesthetic rather than function-
al reasons. The upper portion 16 includes a similarly-
recessed front wall 2Q. The rear wall 24 of the lower
portion 14 and the rear waLl 31 of the upper portion 12
are similarly recessed with respect to the side walls 22.
20 The front wall 28 depends to a location slightly below the
bottom wall 26, although wall 28 may depend for the full
` height of the side walls 22, if desired.
The ~ottom wall 26 is slo~ed u~wardly so as to com~en-
~' sate for the usual downward angle of the dial, f,ace 30 of a
, 25 conventional dial telephone 32 received in the lower portion 14. The
telephone 32 sits on the bottom wall 26 with its handset 34
extending longitudinally of the enclosure 12. The lower
portion 14 is dimensioned so~that the telephone 32 is
snugly received ~etween the front wall 28 and the rear
30 wall 24 with the dial face 30 and handset 34 projectingabove the vertical height of the lower portion 14 for ready
' access thereto when the enclosure 12 is opened.
,, The lower portion 14 also receives a molded piece 36
which includes a pro~ection 38 which overlies the forward
, 35 portion of the telephone 30 to position the telephone 30
against upward moVement. An opening 40 is provided in the
- ~ottom wall 26 to permit a telephone cord 42 to connect
the telephone 32 to a wall socket or the like. In addition,
the opening 4~ per~its ventilation air to reach the telep~one
40 32 and prevents undue muffling of the sound of the telephone
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bell when the telephone 32 rings. Furthermore, the opening
40 permits access to the bell loudness adjuster which is
common on most telephones.
The molded piece 36 also includes portions which
define a recess 42 wherein is ~eceived a personal telephone
number book 44. The recess~defining portions of the molded
piece 36 include a rearwardly~extending wall~forming portion
46 which engages one side of the telephone 32 to provide
lateral stability thereto.
- 10 The molded piece 36 also includes a rearwardly-
- extending plate-like member 48 which has one side edge 50
engaging the opposite side of the telephone 32 from the
side engaged by the wall 46. The plate 48 serves to support
a note-pad 52 or the like within the enclosure 12.
An elongate ~ore 54 is provided in the molded part
48 to hold a pen 56 or other writing implement within the
enclosure. While the molded part 48 is preferably formed
as a one-piece element, separate elements may be used, if
desired, to provide the functions described above.
2a A timing device 58, of any convenient construction,
is provided to permit a telephone user to time the call
that is being made. The timing device 58 may include a
clock which indicates the time.
The telephone organizer 10, therefore, has a
compact structure which enables a telephone 32, personal
telephone number book 44, note-pad 52, pen 56 and timer 58
to be housed neatly within a single unit and normally out
of visual sight. Access to the contents of the enclosure
12 when answering the telephone 32 or initiating a call is
readily achieved by hinging open the upper portion 16.
The structure illustrated in the drawings
represents one embodiment of the invention and modifications
may be made thereto. The personal directory 44 may be
replaced by a roll card director or other convenient ~ 35 directory means, with suitable modification to the housing
to accommodate the same.
The telephone 32 may be of any other convenient form,
such as, one having a touch-tone dialer, one having a
hands-off "squalk box", a "Contempra*" or "Prinoess*" phone,
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etc. The enclosure may be suitably dimensioned to receive
the telephone 32 which is adopted.
The enclosure also may be modified to accommodate
a tape recorder which is hooked to the telephone to enable
telephone calls to be recorded. The tape recorder may
incorporate an answering system, if desired.
In summary of this disclosure, the present invention
provideS a telephone organizer comprising an opena~le
enclosure which houses, out o~ sight, a telephone, telephone
directory, note pad, writing implement, emergency numbers
- and other si~ilar information and a timer~clock. Modifica-
tions are possible within the scope of this invention.
