Appeal No. 2000-0267 Page 2
Application No. 08/856,943
holder’s current supply and the telephone’s battery is
achieved by placing the telephone in the holder. Heretofore,
the weight of the telephone has been sufficient to ensure
contact between a spring contact in the bottom of the holder
and a fixed contact on the bottom of the telephone. As
cellular telephones have become lighter, however, the contact
achieved by gravity has become less reliable.
The appellants’ cellular telephone holder features a
cradle with a spring contact. A lug protrudes from the rear
wall of the cradle and fits in a slot in the telephone. A
spring contact in the bottom of the holder biases the
telephone in a direction to retain the lug in the slot,
thereby holding the telephone in the cradle. The telephone
can be removed, however, by pressing down against the bias of
the spring contact and disengaging the lug from the slot.
Claim 23, which is representative for present purposes,
follows:
23. A holder for charging a radio telephone
battery disposed within a housing, comprising a
cradle member, means for supplying charging current
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