CN114172992A - Ring support - Google Patents

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CN114172992A
CN114172992A CN202210028422.4A CN202210028422A CN114172992A CN 114172992 A CN114172992 A CN 114172992A CN 202210028422 A CN202210028422 A CN 202210028422A CN 114172992 A CN114172992 A CN 114172992A
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聂众阳
聂泽阳
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The invention discloses a ring support, which comprises a fixing sheet and a ring support; the fixing sheet is suitable for being fixed on a rear shell of the mobile phone; the finger ring frame comprises a frame body and a C-shaped supporting piece; the frame body is connected with the fixing sheet, and the C-shaped support piece is hinged with the frame body and can be switched between a support position and a furling position relative to the frame body; when the C-shaped supporting piece is switched to the supporting position, an included angle is formed between the C-shaped supporting piece and the frame body; when the C-shaped supporting piece is switched to the furling position, the C-shaped supporting piece is sleeved outside the frame body. The ring support provided by the invention has the advantages that the structure is simple, the use is convenient, the mobile phone can be supported to be placed horizontally and vertically, meanwhile, a user can conveniently and comfortably hold the mobile phone, the mobile phone is not easy to fall off, and in addition, the ring support can be folded, so that the size is reduced, and the folding and the carrying are convenient.

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Ring support
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of mobile phone accessories, in particular to a ring support.
Background
In recent years, with the widespread use of smart phones, the aesthetic value of the mobile phones is greatly changed, the traditional small screen is gradually changed into the current large screen, and correspondingly, the weight of the mobile phones is also increased, so that when people use the mobile phones, the mobile phones are difficult to hold by one hand, and the mobile phones are easy to fall and break due to unstable holding. In addition, when people watch videos by using the mobile phone, the cervical spondylosis is easily caused by long-time bending of the neck when the mobile phone is directly placed on a desktop, and certain inconvenience is brought to people.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to solving, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems in the related art. Therefore, the invention aims to provide a ring support.
To achieve the above object, a ring support according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:
the fixing sheet is suitable for being fixed on a rear shell of the mobile phone;
the ring frame comprises a frame body and a C-shaped supporting piece; the frame body is connected with the fixing sheet, and the C-shaped support piece is hinged with the frame body and can be switched between a support position and a furling position relative to the frame body;
when the C-shaped supporting piece is switched to the supporting position, an included angle is formed between the C-shaped supporting piece and the frame body; when the C-shaped supporting piece is switched to the furling position, the C-shaped supporting piece is sleeved on the outer wall of the frame body.
The ring support provided by the invention has the advantages of simple structure and convenience in use, can support the transverse placement of a mobile phone, can also support the vertical placement of the mobile phone, and can be folded to reduce the size and facilitate folding and carrying.
In addition, the ring holder according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:
according to one embodiment of the invention, the fixing piece and the frame body are both of circular ring structures, magnetic pieces are arranged inside the fixing piece and the frame body, and the frame body and the fixing piece are connected through the magnetic pieces.
According to one embodiment of the invention, an arc-shaped mounting groove is formed in the surface of the frame body, the magnetic member is mounted inside the arc-shaped mounting groove, and an arc-shaped patch is arranged on the surface of the magnetic member inside the arc-shaped mounting groove.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the outer wall of the frame body is provided with a connecting block, and the connecting block is provided with a rotating shaft;
a gap is arranged between the two ends of the C-shaped supporting piece, and the two ends of the C-shaped supporting piece are respectively provided with a slot; the connecting block is arranged in the gap, and the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the slot, so that the C-shaped supporting piece is switched between a supporting position and a furling position relative to the frame body.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the mobile phone further comprises an elastic band, wherein the elastic band is arranged on the frame body and is used for a finger of a user to pass through so as to fix the mobile phone.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the frame body is provided with two mounting grooves which are oppositely arranged, and two ends of the elastic belt are respectively arranged in the two mounting grooves.
According to one embodiment of the invention, two ends of the elastic belt are respectively provided with a limiting rod, the two limiting rods are respectively arranged in the two mounting grooves, and two limiting blocks used for limiting the limiting rods in the mounting grooves are oppositely arranged in each mounting groove.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the stopper presses against the surface of the elastic band.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the arc-shaped patch partially covers the mounting groove and is used for limiting the limiting rod in the mounting groove.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the C-shaped support is made of stainless steel material.
Therefore, the ring support provided by the invention is simple in structure and convenient to use, can support a mobile phone to be placed horizontally and vertically, is convenient for a user to hold the mobile phone comfortably and is not easy to fall off, and can be folded to reduce the size and be convenient to fold and carry.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a first state diagram of use of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a second state diagram of the use of the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a usage reference state diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numerals:
a ring support 10;
a fixing piece 11;
a finger ring frame 12;
a frame body 121;
an arc-shaped mounting groove 1211;
a magnetic element 1212;
an arc patch 1213;
a connecting block 1214;
a rotating shaft 12141;
mounting slots 1215;
a stopper 12151;
a C-shaped support 122;
a slot 1221;
a smartphone 20;
an elastic band 30;
a stopper rod 31.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a ring support 10, which includes a fixing plate 11 and a ring support 12.
Specifically, the fixing sheet 11 is suitable for being fixed on the rear shell of the smart phone 20
The finger ring frame 12 includes a frame body 121 and a C-shaped support 122; the frame body 121 is connected to the fixing plate 11, and the C-shaped supporting member 122 is hinged to the frame body 121 and can be switched between a supporting position and a folded position with respect to the frame body 121; when the C-shaped supporting member 122 is switched to the supporting position, an included angle is formed between the C-shaped supporting member 122 and the frame body 121; when the C-shaped supporting member 122 is switched to the folded position, the C-shaped supporting member 122 is sleeved outside the frame body 121.
That is to say, stationary blade 11 can play the effect of connecting finger ring frame 12, is used for fixing finger ring frame 12 on smart mobile phone 20 backshell, and like this, finger ring frame 12 can link into an organic whole with smart mobile phone 20, and is concrete, and stationary blade 11 generally carries out the centre gripping through the cell-phone shell and fixes, also is to place stationary blade 11 at the cell-phone backshell, then sheathes the cell-phone shell and just can fix stationary blade 11 at the cell-phone backshell. Wherein, ring frame 12 includes support body 121 and C type support piece 122, and C type support piece 122 can form certain contained angle, also be the support position between rotation back and support body 121, consequently, when forming certain contained angle between C type support piece 122 and support body 121, C type support piece 122 can support the smart mobile phone 20 that the slope was put as the stabilizer blade, from this, alright in order to play cell phone stand's effect. And C type support piece 122 is circular arc structure, consequently, no matter C type support piece 122 transversely puts or vertically puts, all has the strong point, like this, no matter smart mobile phone 20 transversely puts or vertically puts, C type support piece 122 all can support the smart mobile phone 20 of tilt state, and through adjusting the contained angle between its and the support body 121, can also realize supporting angle's regulation, from this, has better result of use. In addition, when not needing to use, can also adjust C type support piece 122 to the position of gathering together, and then, C type support piece 122 cover is established outside support body 121, and at this moment, there is not the contained angle between C type support piece 122 and the support body 121, just also can fold up C type support piece 122 to can reduce the volume of whole support, convenient direct carrying together with smart mobile phone 20.
The ring support 10 provided by the invention is simple in structure and convenient to use, can support the smart phone 20 to be horizontally placed and the smart phone 20 to be vertically placed, and can be folded to reduce the size and facilitate folding and carrying.
Advantageously, in an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing sheet 11 and the frame body 121 are both circular ring structures, and magnetic members 1212 are disposed inside the fixing sheet 11 and the frame body 121, and the frame body and the fixing sheet are connected through the magnetic members 1212.
That is to say, stationary blade 11 and support body 121 all adopt the ring form structure, so, be hollow structure in the middle of stationary blade 11 and the support body 121, like this, on the one hand, can reduce the consumptive material, and on the other hand, when adopting wireless charger to charge for smart mobile phone 20, hollow structure in the middle of stationary blade 11 and the support body 121 also can not block wireless charger's use, also makes this application can be applicable to the smart mobile phone 20 that has the wireless function of charging promptly. And the stationary blade 11 reaches the inside magnetic part 1212 that all is provided with of support body 121, consequently, support body 121 and stationary blade 11 can dismantle the connection to the dismouting is all very convenient, like this, can be when not needing to use ring frame 12, very convenient demolish ring frame 12, when needing to use, with support body 121 and stationary blade 11 inhale together can.
Advantageously, in an embodiment of the present invention, an arc-shaped mounting groove 1211 is formed on a surface of the frame body, the magnetic member 1212 is mounted inside the arc-shaped mounting groove 1211, and an arc-shaped patch 1213 is disposed on a surface of the magnetic member 1212 inside the arc-shaped mounting groove 1211.
The arc-shaped mounting groove 1211 is provided for mounting the magnetic member 1212, so that the magnetic member 1212 is conveniently mounted, and the holder body can be coupled to the fixing plate through the magnetic member 1212.
Advantageously, in another embodiment of the present invention, a connecting block 1214 is disposed on an outer wall of the frame body, and a rotating shaft 12141 is disposed on the connecting block 1214;
a gap is arranged between the two ends of the C-shaped supporting piece, and the two ends of the C-shaped supporting piece are respectively provided with a slot 1221; the connecting block 1214 is disposed in the notch, and the rotating shaft 12141 is rotatably disposed in the slot 1221, so that the C-shaped supporting member can be switched between a supporting position and a folded position relative to the frame body.
Preferably, the rotating shaft 12141 is provided with a damper, so that the C-shaped supporting member 122 is hinged to the frame body 121 via the rotating shaft 12141 with the damper, when the C-shaped supporting member 122 rotates to different positions, the C-shaped supporting member 122 can be kept at the corresponding position without easily rotating due to the resistance between the damper on the rotating shaft 12141 and the inner wall of the slot 1221, and thus stable support can be maintained. Similarly, when the C-shaped supporting element 122 rotates to the folded position, the C-shaped supporting element can be kept in a state of being sleeved outside the frame body 121, so that the situation that the user holds the smart phone 20 is influenced by the random rotation of the C-shaped supporting element 122 can be avoided.
Advantageously, in some embodiments of the present invention, the mobile phone further includes an elastic band, and the elastic band is disposed on the frame body and is used for a finger of a user to pass through to fix the mobile phone.
Elastic band 30 has certain elasticity, so, install support body 121 on smart mobile phone 20 back through stationary blade 11 again, when the smart mobile phone 20 of user's one hand taken, can together pass elastic band 30 with forefinger or forefinger and middle finger for elastic band 30 atress is to keeping away from smart mobile phone 20's direction deformation, at this moment, the finger is located between elastic band 30 and the support body 121, and like this, the user just can be more firm intelligent mobile phone 20 grips, prevent that smart mobile phone 20 from falling. And, elastic webbing 30 is flexible material, consequently, and the contact between the finger be flexible contact, and for traditional hard material, the travelling comfort is relatively better, and uses the completion back, takes out the back with the finger, and elastic webbing 30 can automatic re-setting, need not manual operation, and it is more convenient to use.
Preferably, the frame body is provided with two mounting grooves 1215, the two mounting grooves 1215 are oppositely arranged, and two ends of the elastic band are respectively arranged in the two mounting grooves 1215.
Further, both ends of the elastic band are provided with two limiting rods 31, the two limiting rods 31 are respectively arranged in the two mounting grooves 1215, and two limiting blocks 12151 for limiting the limiting rods 31 in the mounting grooves 1215 are oppositely arranged in each mounting groove 1215.
Further, the stopper 12151 presses against the surface of the elastic band.
That is to say, the stop bars 31 arranged at the two ends of the elastic band are limited in the installation groove 1215 through the stop blocks 12151 in the installation groove 1215, specifically, the stop blocks 12151 press against the surface of the elastic band, so that when the elastic band is used, after the user passes the fingers through the elastic band to deform the elastic band, the stop bars 31 at the two ends of the elastic band are pressed against the groove wall of the installation groove 1215 due to the pulling force generated by the elastic band, and simultaneously cannot be separated from the installation groove 1215 upwards due to the pressing and blocking of the stop blocks 12151, thereby playing a role in limiting. Then, this kind of structural design, on the one hand, simple structure can play the supplementary effect of gripping the cell-phone of bringing through the elasticity, and on the other hand, uses a period and the fracture back when the elastic webbing, and the elastic webbing can be comparatively convenient dismantles and change, like this, is favorable to the user to continue to use.
Advantageously, in still other embodiments of the present invention, the arcuate patches 1213 partially overlie the mounting slots 1215 to define the stop bar 31 within the mounting slots 1215.
The arc-shaped patches 1213 can play an auxiliary limiting role, and because the local part of the arc-shaped patches 1213 is positioned above the mounting groove 1215, the limiting rod 31 in the mounting groove 1215 can be covered and blocked, on one hand, the appearance that the whole design is affected by the exposed limiting rod 31 can be avoided, and on the other hand, the limiting rod 31 cannot be upwards separated from the mounting groove 1215, so that the auxiliary limiting to the limiting rod 31 is realized.
Preferably, the C-shaped support 122 is made of stainless steel material, durable and not easily damaged.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention.

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1. A finger ring holder, comprising:
the fixing sheet is suitable for being fixed on a rear shell of the mobile phone;
the ring frame comprises a frame body and a C-shaped supporting piece; the frame body is connected with the fixing sheet, and the C-shaped support piece is hinged with the frame body and can be switched between a support position and a furling position relative to the frame body;
when the C-shaped supporting piece is switched to the supporting position, an included angle is formed between the C-shaped supporting piece and the frame body; when the C-shaped supporting piece is switched to the furling position, the C-shaped supporting piece is sleeved on the outer wall of the frame body.
2. The ring support according to claim 1, wherein the fixing plate and the support are both circular ring structures, and magnetic members are disposed inside the fixing plate and the support, and the support is connected to the fixing plate through the magnetic members.
3. The ring support according to claim 2, characterized in that an arc-shaped mounting groove is formed in the surface of the support body, the magnetic member is mounted inside the arc-shaped mounting groove, and an arc-shaped patch is arranged on the surface of the magnetic member inside the arc-shaped mounting groove.
4. The ring support according to claim 3, wherein the outer wall of the support body is provided with a connecting block, and the connecting block is provided with a rotating shaft;
a gap is arranged between the two ends of the C-shaped supporting piece, and the two ends of the C-shaped supporting piece are respectively provided with a slot; the connecting block is arranged in the gap, and the rotating shaft is rotatably arranged in the slot, so that the C-shaped supporting piece is switched between a supporting position and a furling position relative to the frame body.
5. The ring support of claim 3, further comprising an elastic band disposed on the frame body for a finger of a user to pass through to secure a cell phone.
6. The ring support according to claim 5, wherein the support body is provided with two mounting grooves, the two mounting grooves are arranged oppositely, and two ends of the elastic band are respectively arranged in the two mounting grooves.
7. The ring support according to claim 6, characterized in that both ends of the elastic band are provided with a limiting rod, two limiting rods are respectively arranged in the two mounting grooves, and two limiting blocks for limiting the limiting rods in the mounting grooves are oppositely arranged in each mounting groove.
8. The ring support of claim 6, wherein the stop bears against a surface of the elastic band.
9. The ring holder of claim 6, wherein the arcuate patch partially overlies the mounting slot for retaining the stop bar within the mounting slot.
10. The ring holder of claim 1, wherein the C-shaped support is made of stainless steel.
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