Automatic answering pick-up device

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A cordless telephone headset and remotely controlled telephone handset pick-up device for use in conjunction with an existing corded telephone set. A mechanical lift arm of the pick-up device driven by an electric motor with a , slip clutch lifts the handset away from the corded telephone cradle placing , the telephone handset in an off-hook position. The handset is lowered back onto the cradle by the mechanical lift arm returning the telephone set to an , on-hook position. The mechanical lift arm is activated and deactivated in response to a radio signal indicative of the lowering and raising of the microphone boom of the cordless headset. The slip clutch provides sufficient force to …