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

In conjunction with a hand-held, credit-card telephone for use aboard, for example, commerical aircraft, a telephone dispenser and credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”). The dispenser includes a dispenser channel of generally longitudinal stepwise construction. The dispenser also includes an outer cover affixed substantially over the dispenser channel and a face plate secured to a first end of the outer cover. A latch plate is secured to a second end of the dispenser channel, so that the dispenser channel, the outer cover, the face plate, and the latch plate, in cooperation, define a telephone-receiving cavity in which a hand-held telephone is secured when not in use. The face plate includes an opening providing access to the telephone-receiving cavity and a slot for the insertion of a credit card. The CCUM itself includes a latch plate secured to the dispenser channel. A latching mechanism is secured to the latch plate and is operated to selectively, in response to the insertion of a credit card into the slot, latch or unlatch the hand-held telephone from the telephone-receiving cavity. The hand-held telephone is withdrawn and replaced into the dispenser through the opening on the face plate.

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For operation in conjunction with a hand-held telephone and with an armrest retainable dispenser for the telephone, a credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”) comprising: a face plate disposed in proximity with the dispenser and providing a first opening for access to the hand-held telephone and a

For operation in conjunction with a hand-held telephone and with an armrest retainable dispenser for the telephone, a credit-card unlatching mechanism (“CCUM”) comprising: a face plate disposed in proximity with the dispenser and providing a first opening for access to the hand-held telephone and a second opening for the insertion of a credit card; a pivotably mounted latching mechanism disposed rearwardly from said first and said second opening in said face plate and comprising a latching arm, said latching mechanism predisposed in a latching orientation with respect to said dispenser so that said latching arm is positioned to secure a hand-held telephone in said dispenser; a retention mechanism attached between said dispenser and said latching mechanism for predisposing said latching mechanism in the above-mentioned latching orientation; and a latch-release actuator interposed between said face plate second opening and said latching mechanism and mechanically connected to said latching mechanism, so that a credit card inserted through said second opening in the direction of said latch-release actuator and abutted against said latch-release actuator operates to cause a pivotal motion of said latching mechanism into an unlatching orientation, whereby said latching arm is positioned to permit the release of said hand-held telephone from said dispenser.