Carrying assembly

Abstract

The invention is an assembly for carrying a small item, such as a cell telephone, on one's person. The assembly includes a male and female fixture, one which is affixed to the small item or its carrying case and the other of which is attached to a convenient site, such as a person's belt, other article of clothing or the dashboard of an automobile. The male fixture has a stem portion with a smaller diameter than a slot provided in the female fixture. A button, mounted at the distal end of the stem, has a diameter larger than the width of the slot. When the stem is positioned at the bottom of the slot of the female fixture, a spring biased latch mechanism is provided to secure the male fixture within the slot. If the latch is depressed as by the pressure of a person's finger on the latch mechanism, the latch is released, and the male member can be withdrawn from the slot and the female member.

1 . A carrying assembly for hand held articles, including a male fixture and a female fixture, one of which fixtures is adopted for attachment to the article and the other of which is adapted for attachment to a convenient carrying site in which: 
 the female plate includes: 
 a faceplate mounted on the support plate, the faceplate having a centrally located, upwardly disposed U-shaped slot,  
 a tongue made of a resilient material positioned intermediate the support plate and the faceplate with the lower end of the tongue mounted on the support plate and the upper free end of the tongue biased by its resiliency away from the support plate and toward the faceplate, and  
 a latch mounted on the tongue facing the faceplate; and  
   the male fixture includes: 
 a baseplate,  
 a stem mounted on and extending away from the baseplate and a button mounted at the distal end of the stem,  
 the stem being to dimensioned to fit within the slot of the female fixture  
 the button being to dimensioned to be of greater width than the lower portion of the slot,  
 whereby the stud of the male fixture can be inserted into the slot of the female member and moved toward the bottom of the slot until the latch engages the rim of the button to secure the male fixture within the female fixture.  
   
   
   
       2 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 1  in which an upwardly extending finger hold forums an integral part of the tongue to facilitate moving the tongue away from the faceplate to release the button and allow the stud to be removed from the slot.  
   
   
       3 . A carrying assembly according to  claim 1 , in which the tongue has a detent located subjacent the latch adapted to seat within grooves that are provided in the exposed surface of the button.