Carrying Assembly

Abstract

An assembly for carrying a cellular phone having a cradle adapted to receive and releasably hold the phone therein, a base adapted to be releasably connected to an article, and means for releasably connecting said cradle to said base. The cradle has a body portion and side members fixed to the body portion and shaped to conform to the contour of the phone. The base has base plate and means for releasably connecting the base plate to the article. The connection means includes a male fixture fixed to the base plate and having an annular groove; a cutout in the base plate adapted to receive said male fixture; and, a locking plate that that can be reciprocated from a first position engaging the annular groove to lock the male fixture within the cutout, and a second position disengaged from the annular groove that permits the male fixture to be withdrawn from the cutout.

1 . A carrying assembly including a first fixture that is adapted to be mounted on an article, a second fixture that is adapted to retain a utilitarian device and means to detachably secure the first and the second fixture one with another, the detachable means comprising an aperture in said first fixture, a male member with a circumferential groove fixed to said second article, and a locking plate that can be reciprocated from a first position engaged with the circumferential groove to secure the male component within the female component to a second position disengaged from the circumferential groove that permits the male component to be withdrawn from the female member. 
   
   
       2 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the first fixture has a back plate joined at its lower end with a substantially parallel spaced apart face plate defining an open space between the back plate and the face plate. 
   
   
       3 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 2  wherein the cutout is formed in the face plate and extends from the upper end of the face plate toward the lower end of the face plate with the cutout being wider at the upper end of the face plate than it is at a lower end of the face plate. 
   
   
       4 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the second fixture is attached on one of its sides to the utilitarian device and the male member is mounted on an opposite side. 
   
   
       5 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 4  wherein the male member is a rod that projects from the opposite side of the second fixture. 
   
   
       6 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 5  wherein the circumferential groove is positioned near the distal end of the rod. 
   
   
       7 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 6  wherein the width of the groove exceeds the thickness of the face plate. 
   
   
       8 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 7  wherein the diameter of the groove is less than width of the cut out portion at the upper end of the face plate and is less than the width of the cut out portion near the lower end of the face plate. 
   
   
       9 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the locking plate is adapted for sliding movement within the first fixture. 
   
   
       10 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 9  wherein the locking plate has a bifurcated forked portion at its lower end that is at least as wide as the circumferential groove at the distal end of the rod but narrower than the outside dimension of the rod whereby the male member may be secured within the female member by sliding the bifurcation of the sliding plate into the groove in the male member. 
   
   
       11 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 1  wherein the utilitarian device is a cellular telephone. 
   
   
       12 . A method of detachably joining a first fixture having a female member with a second fixture having a male member in which the female member of the first fixture is adapted to receive the male member of the second fixture, the female member being defined by spaced apart walls in which one of the walls has an opening to into which the male member may be inserted and a bifurcated plate mounted for reciprocation within the female member to engage the male member and secure the male member within the female member. 
   
   
       13 . An assembly for carrying a cellular phone, comprising:
 a) a cradle adapted to receive and releasably hold the phone therein, said cradle having a body portion and side members fixed to said body portion and shaped to conform to the contour of the phone;   b) a base adapted to be releasably connected to an article, said base having a base plate and means for releasably connecting said base plate to the article; and,   c) means for releasably connecting said cradle to said base, comprising;
 i) a male fixture fixed to said base plate and having an annular groove; 
 ii) a cutout in said base plate adapted to receive said male fixture; and 
 iii) a locking plate that that can be reciprocated from a first position engaging the annular groove to lock the male fixture within the cutout, and a second position disengaged from the annular groove that permits the male fixture to be withdrawn from the cutout. 
   
   
   
       14 . The assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein said cradle can rotate relative to said base when the locking plate is located in the first position. 
   
   
       15 . The assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein said male fixture can not be removed from said cutout when said locking plate is located in the first position. 
   
   
       16 . The assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein said base plate is planar and said male fixture can be inserted into the slot in said base plate by moving the male fixture normal to the plane of the base plate into the cutout. 
   
   
       17 . The assembly recited in  claim 13 , wherein said locking plate has a yoke at one end with opposed fork members that are adapted and spaced apart to straddle said male fixture within the annular groove. 
   
   
       18 . The assembly recited in  claim 17 , wherein said yoke includes at least a first detent that engages said male fixture. 
   
   
       19 . The assembly recited in  claim 18 , wherein at least a portion of said locking plate abuts and reciprocates in contact with said base plate. 
   
   
       20 . The assembly recited in  claim 19 , wherein said connecting means includes at least a second detent distal from said yoke that prevents said locking plate from reciprocating between the first and second position. 
   
   
       21 . The assembly recited in  claim 20 , wherein said locking plate has a planar upper portion and a planar lower portion that are connected in offset parallel relation to one another.