CN101278541A

CN101278541A - Leashed portable personal digital appliance

Info

Publication number: CN101278541A
Application number: CN200680036664.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢恩·J·拉瓦埃
Original assignee: PANDA INTERNATIONAL Inc
Current assignee: PANDA INTERNATIONAL Inc
Priority date: 2005-09-08
Filing date: 2006-09-07
Publication date: 2008-10-01
Also published as: CA2621768A1; AR057122A1; TW200716011A; US20080222849A1; WO2007030622A3; WO2007030622A2

Abstract

A leashed Personal Digital Device (PDA), comprises a PDA detachably connected to a leash. The leash includes at least one extendible member, detachably connected at one of its ends to the PDA, and, at the other end, clip for detachably connecting the leash to the user's clothing or other user-portable device. The length of the extendible member is selected to reduce the likelihood of damage to said PDA if it is dropped, but permitting the user to use the PDA while it is attached to the user. The leashed PDA also discourages theft of the PDA or loss due to leaving the PDA in a public area. To encourage use of the leashed PDA, the leash includes a decorative segment.

Description

The portable personal digital equipment of band tether

The U.S. Provisional Application No.60/716 that this PCT international application requires the applicant to submit on September 8th, 2005,002 priority.

Technical field

The present invention relates to portable personal digital equipment, it can prevent from stolen or prevent to damage when being used by the user or carrying.

In another aspect, the present invention relates to prevent portable personal digital equipment stolen or method of damaging when carrying by the user.

Background technology

The shape and size of mobile phone and similar devices set for be suitable in use by the user hand held in, and carry equipment the user and be suitable for leaving in pocket, wallet, leather sheath, briefcase (attache) or other the portable case and bag during unactual use.In order to be easy to quote, these device definitions are become " portable personal digital equipment " or PDA here.

As everyone knows, PDA loses (stolen or because the user forgets after usefulness because of carelessness deposit) easily and and is subjected to physical damage easily.Take place such lose or damage be owing to prepare to use, use or use the back between storage period user's carelessness drop, or owing to when not using, it is stayed the public place, do not deposit or forgets and cause because of carelessness.

In addition, because PDA user often is children or youngster very, they are general idea or do not pay attention to easily, therefore expectation provides the PDA that is equipped with tether (leash) (PDA of band tether because its ornamental or " fashion " outward appearance and more likely be used), thus more likely prevent PDA lose, stolen or damage.

And, because the PDA of band tether itself may need to separate with the user or (for example separate with tether, when charging the battery, the user in bed or the user be engaged in the activity that does not conform to, as change one's clothes, have a bath or during shower), thereby expectation provides the PDA of such band tether, it can be pulled down from user or other annexes (handbag, travelling bag etc.) easily and apace, and/or can be easily and pull down from the rope tieing part branch of the PDA of band tether apace, for example use for another people temporarily.

Some PDA are provided with wrist strap, are attached to the wrist strap semipermanent that PDA goes up and size is set sliding on hand and fixing around user's wrist the user between the operating period of PDA for.

The immediate prior art that the inventor notices is the U.S. Patent No. 6,530,131 of authorizing Hopkins.The document discloses " takeup type instrument tether ", and it is used for instrument is remained on the position of within easy reach, and is used for the instrument that drops to the ground when (for example, on the roof) aloft used, and perhaps the instrument that drops to outboard from ship retracts.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, main purpose of the present invention provides and is not easy so to lose, the PDA of the stolen or band tether that damages, and provides and make that PDA is not easy to lose, the stolen or method damaged.

Another object of the present invention provides the PDA (PDA of band tether because its ornamental or fashion outward appearance and more likely used by children and young man) of band tether, thus reduce or prevent PDA lose, stolen or damage.

A further object of the present invention provides a kind of PDA with tether, its be arranged to make the PDA of band tether can remove fast pull down and/or PDA can be pulled down from the rope tieing part branch with removing fast from the user.

Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of attachment arrangement that can remove fast, and it is used for various objects are attached to other objects.

Briefly, according to the present invention, the individual digital equipment (PDA) of band tether is made up of PDA and tether.Described tether comprises extensible, and this extensible has two ends, and has development length, part development length and development length not.A described extensible end can be connected on the PDA with pulling down, and the other end can be connected on the folder with pulling down, and this folder is used for described tether can be connected to with pulling down user's portable anchor.Described extensible development length is chosen to reduce the possibility that PDA is caused damage when PDA drops.When being chosen on the portable anchor that is connected to PDA and user, described extensible not development length or part development length allow to use PDA.

In current preferred implementation of the present invention, tether comprises and extensible ornamental portion that combines, and uses to impel its people that stylishness is arranged.

Description of drawings

Those skilled in the art from of the present invention below in conjunction with knowing these purposes of the present invention and other purposes further and more specifically the detailed description of accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 illustrates the user of the PDA of band tether of the present invention, and how expression prevents the damage of dropping it is caused because of PDA during use;

Fig. 2 be not illustrated between the operating period can be how will the band tether PDA be contained in user's the jeans pocket;

Fig. 3 illustrates and can be how be attached to the PDA of band tether on the satchel and how it is taken off and use from satchel under the situation of the PDA that does not pull down the band tether from satchel;

Fig. 4 to Fig. 6 illustrates current preferred implementation according to the present invention and is used for the typical tether that uses with PDA; And

Fig. 7 to Figure 11 illustrates the details that preferred implementation according to the present invention is used for tether is attached to the quick releasing attachment arrangement on the PDA.

Embodiment

Definition

Here the term that defines and use " individual digital equipment " and " PDA " are meant portable electric appts and other handheld devices such as numeral or simulation broadcast receiver, micro-television receiver, miniature numeral or analog camera, MP3 player, iPod, belt or other electronic medium registers and player, electronic calculator, gps receiver, electronic game machine etc. such as mobile cellular telephone or satellite phone.

Here, for simplicity, adopted term " numeral " in individual digital equipment, this is because in fact most of this kind equipment adopts digital signal and/or Digital Signal Processing.But for the application's purpose, term PDA should be understood to and not only comprises conventional digital equipment and also comprise corresponding analog machine.

Terminology used here " portable anchor " is meant user's clothes (for example, waistband, trousers ear, button, buttonhole, epaulet) or user's portable case and bag, for example wallet, travelling bag or leather sheath.

Terminology used here " ornamental portion " is meant the elongated portion except that extensible, selects artistic outward appearance (color, quality, shape and/or mark) to impel the user to adopt the PDA of band tether.

Accompanying drawing shows the present invention for illustrative purposes, and understand and implement the present invention enabling those skilled in the art to, and clear and definite current preferred implementation of the present invention.Accompanying drawing is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and scope of the present invention only is defined by the following claims.For example, in the accompanying drawings, the only exemplary portable phone that is depicted as of PDA, but it can be any as defined above PDA.

In the accompanying drawings, below among a few width of cloth figure components identical indicate same reference numerals:

Fig. 1 shows the user 11 of the PDA 12 with end that is attached to disc spring 13 (illustrating with development length) liftedly.Disc spring 13 is attached to PDA 12 by dissoluble attachment arrangement 14 (illustrating in greater detail) in Fig. 7 to Figure 10.The other end of tether 13 is attached to the trousers ear 15 on the jeans that user 11 worn.As shown in the figure, suppose that PDA 12 accidents drop.The development length of disc spring 13 is chosen to make PDA 12 to touch ground or floor at the Shi Buhui that drops.

Fig. 2 shows in the jeans pocket 16 of putting into user 11 when not using and deposits, but (for example meet and make a phone call) user 11 when needing and to take the typical PDA 12 of PDA immediately, wherein by PDA 12 being attached on the trousers ear 15 of user's jeans by tether 13.

Fig. 3 shows and can how PDA 12 be attached to satchel 17 liftedly, is attached to the handle of satchel 17 and leaves in the satchel usually when not using.But the PDA 12 of band tether keeps and can easily remove from satchel 17, and can use for the user under situation about PDA not being removed from tether 13, and tether 13 is depicted as the part development length and uses phone PDA 12 to allow user 11.

The exemplary various optional preferred implementation that shows tether 13 of Fig. 4, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, tether 13 comprise extensible (being disc spring 13a in these cases) and decoration 13b.In Fig. 4, decoration 13b is a simple plane polishing metal chain, is the polishing chain with ornamental accessory 13c in Fig. 4 A, is beading chain 13b in Fig. 5, is metallic bond 13c in Fig. 6, and it has watch chain (fob) 13d that is attached to chain 13b upper end.

Those skilled in the art will know also can use various extensible except that the disc spring 13a of Fig. 1 to Fig. 7.For example, disc spring 13a can be substituted by elastic webbing, so-called " shock cord " or enclosed spring-loaded motion lashing (movement-lanyard) combination, and in early days glasses is tied up to adopted on wearer's clothes similar.

Those skilled in the art is also with clear, can use various securing members that extensible 13a is attached to decoration 13b and go up and tether is attached on other portable anchor of clothes, wallet or user of wearer.In the current preferred implementation of Fig. 1 to Fig. 7, these securing members comprise the spring-loaded that can remove easily folder 18 in tether upper end, between folder 18 and the decoration 13b and little ring or other annular elements 19 between decoration 13b and extensible 13a.

In current preferred implementation of the present invention, the tether of Fig. 1 to Fig. 6 ends at colonnette 21 in its lower end, colonnette 21 has enlarged tip, and this enlarged tip is received liftedly and remains on liftedly in this chamber to the chamber that the parts that disconnect clip assembly 14 fast shown in Figure 10 form by Fig. 7.The clip assembly 14 that disconnects of Fig. 7 to Figure 10 semipermanent ground is pasted and is fixed on the PDA again, and this all will be in following explanation more fully.

The folder 14 of Fig. 7 to Figure 11 is formed by substrate 22, cover piece 23 and keeper 24, and keeper 24 is compressed in spring 25 bias voltage forward in the direction of arrow A between its trailing edge 26 and cover piece 23 inboards, shown in the exploded view of Fig. 8.

The post 27 that is formed in the root edge of cover piece 23 fastens or frictional engagement with mating groove 28 in the upper surface that is formed on substrate 22, and substrate 22 and cover piece 23 are fixing whereby.

Substrate 22 is formed with recessed slideway 29, and slideway 29 holds the bottom 31 of the keeper 24 that can slide along slideway 29.The closer to the front end 32 of substrate 22, slideway is just dark more and form chamber 33, and the top of chamber 33 is formed by the recessed downside 36 of keeper protuberance 35.In make position shown in Figure 7, keeper protuberance 35 is by spring 25 bias voltage forward, makes gap between the end face 22a of the downside 34 of the front portion 35 of keeper 24 and substrate 22 less than the key dimension of the enlarged tip of post 21.

In operation, the attachment means of Fig. 7 to Figure 11 is used for the enlarged tip of post 21 is remained on chamber 33, until keeper 24 being moved backward by slight finger pressure in upright projection 36 upper edge arrow B directions, thereby allow post 21 to pull down, thereby remove being connected of tether 13 and PDA 12 from securing member 14.

The securing member 14 of Fig. 7 to Figure 11 can or be used for by two-sided tape, hook-loop fastener substrate 22 is connected to any other suitable semipermanent device of PDA 12 and semipermanent be attached to PDA.

For enabling those skilled in the art to understand and implementing the present invention invention has been described and clear and definite current preferred implementation of the present invention.

Claims

1, a kind of individual digital equipment with tether, the individual digital equipment of this band tether comprises in the mode of combination:

A. individual digital equipment, this individual digital equipment can be connected to with pulling down

B. tether, described tether comprises:

At least one extensible, described extensible has two ends, and have development length, part development length and a development length not, described extensible the place, an end in described end can be connected on the described individual digital equipment with pulling down, and another place, end in described end can be connected on the folder with pulling down, this folder is used for described tether can be connected to with pulling down user's portable anchor

Described extensible development length is chosen to reduce the possibility that this individual digital equipment is caused damage when described individual digital equipment drops, and

When being chosen on the described portable anchor that is connected to described individual digital equipment and user, described extensible not development length or part development length allow to use this individual digital equipment.

2, individual digital equipment one tether combine component according to claim 1, wherein, described tether comprises the ornamental portion with described extensible combination.