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In conjunction with a hand-held, credit-card telephone for use aboard, for example, commerical aircraft, a telephone holder and credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”). The holder includes a holder channel of generally longitudinal, stepwise construction. The holder also includes a face plate with

In conjunction with a hand-held, credit-card telephone for use aboard, for example, commerical aircraft, a telephone holder and credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”). The holder includes a holder channel of generally longitudinal, stepwise construction. The holder also includes a face plate with a vertical slot for the insertion of a credit card. A butt plate, secured to one end of the holder channel, and the CCUM, which is secured to the other end of the holder channel, together form, with the holder channel, a telephone-receiving cavity in which the telephone is secured when not in use. The CCUM itself includes a latch plate attached to the holder channel and exhibits a longitudinal slot in alignment with the vertical slot in the face plate. A latching mechanism is secured to the holder channel and operates to selectively, in response to the insertion of a credit card, latch or unlatch the telephone from the telephone-receiving cavity. A credit-card guide is attached to the latch plate and disposed between the latch plate and a latch-release plate of the latching mechanism for guiding the travel of a credit card that has been inserted into the slot.

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For a hand-held pay telephone, a holder and credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”) comprising: (a) holder means for defining a telephone-receiving cavity for the placement of a hand-held telephone, said holder means comprising: a holder channel (5) of generally longitudinal, stepped construction;

For a hand-held pay telephone, a holder and credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”) comprising: (a) holder means for defining a telephone-receiving cavity for the placement of a hand-held telephone, said holder means comprising: a holder channel (5) of generally longitudinal, stepped construction; a face plate (4) attached to the holder at a forwardmost portion of the holder; and a butt plate (7) secured to a first end of the holder; (b) a CCUM attached at a second end of the holder for defining, in conjunction with holder channel (5) and face plate (4), the telephone-receiving cavity and for selectively latching and unlatching a hand-held telephone in the telephone-receiving cavity in response to predetermined actions undertaken by a telephone user, wherein the handheld telephone is unlatched by inserting into the CCUM a predetermined implement.