A portable telephone or cell phone holder fits in a conventional cup holder of an automobile or other vehicle. It has an arcuate sidewall that is less than 360 and is resiliently deformable to be squeezed down to less than the diameter of the cup holder and then, when released, to grip the inside surface...http://www.google.de/patents/US20020039417?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20020039417 - Portable telephone mounting base