CN1972611A - Attachment for portable electronic devices and methods for using the same - Google Patents
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Abstract
An apparatus for portable devices especially portable electronic devices and methods for using such apparatus are described. The apparatus is connected to the portable device and is used to attach the portable device (i.e., a cellular phone) to an object (i.e., a belt loop). The apparatus comprises a base mechanism that is connected to the portable device and a hooking mechanism with one part that is connected to the base means and another part that can be attached to the object by a hooking action. The apparatus permits easy and quick attachment (and removal) of the portable device to an object (i.e., the belt) while providing secure retention when not in use. The apparatus can also be used to carry and hold the portable device when it is being used.
Description
The cross reference of related application
The sequence number that the application requires on April 11st, 2005 to submit to is 11/103, the priority of 275 U.S. Patent application, the latter be submitted on September 15th, 2004 be numbered 10/941, the part continuation application of 662 U.S. Patent application, and the sequence number that the latter requires on June 29th, 2004 to submit to is the priority of 60/583,769 U.S. Provisional Patent Application.
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for the equipment and the using method thereof of portable electron device.More particularly, the present invention relates to be used for the equipment of mancarried device, it is used for mancarried device to ad-hoc location or for example upward attaching of user of specific objective, fixing and mobile.
Background of invention
By nature, mancarried device (especially portable electron device) is used for being carried at hand by the user.Yet usually, the user can wish mancarried device is attached to concrete position (being attached to usually on the object) and makes it to remain there until it to be moved.This situation appears at portable phone for example on radio telephone or the cellular phone usually, and wherein the user is attached to radio telephone on the other parts of waistband or clothes when the needs phone (when someone makes a phone call to the user).
Current have several being used for that mancarried device is attached to attachment device on the object.In these equipment some comprise mancarried device are attached to clip mechanism on the waistband.The clip of these types can directly be fixed on the mancarried device or being fixed to design holds on the shell of mancarried device.Clip and shell are designed to keep together with mancarried device.Another kind of attachment device comprises leather sheath mechanism, and wherein portable phone is placed on when not using in leather sheath or the similar devices (himself using clip to be attached on the waistband).When portable phone was moved, leather sheath still was attached on user's the waistband.Another kind of attachment device comprises two interlocking parts, and one of them part is clipped on the waistband, and another part is attached on the shell of mancarried device or maintenance mancarried device.Part can lock together so that mancarried device is remained on the waistband, and unlocks when mancarried device moves.In Figure 1A, 1B and 1C and some United States Patent (USP)s, provided the illustration of example of the equipment of these types, being numbered of these United States Patent (USP)s: 1,724,003; 2,830,478; 3,142,933; 3,146,925; 3,148,883; 3,307,754; 3,970,228; 4,157,166; 4,306,434; 4,319,384; 4,658,479; 4,993,613; 5,077,850; 5,414,596; 5,499,429; 5,540,367; 5,622,296; 5,727,290; 5,729,870; 5,730,342; 5,752,632; 5,779,115; 5,806,146; 5,850,996; 5,893,497; 5,906,031; 5,946,839; 5,983,686; 5,988,577; 5,955,700; 5,996,184; 6,006,969; 6,015,073; 6,062,521; 6,076,789; 6,173,875; 6,200,056; 6,223,402; 6,225,777; 6,233,788; 6,279,362; 6,352,186; 6,357,641; 6,364,184; 6,401,504; 6,427,293; 6,439,017; 6,481,058; 6,540,122; 6,550,108; 6,567,651; 6,606,769; 6,626,333; 6,626,336; 6,729,512; 6733,153; 6,742,685; 6,752,305; 6,790,046; 2002/0030071; 2003/0064751; 2003/0075576; 2003/0094561; 2003/0111496; 2003/0127477; 2003/0233736; 2004/0029623; 2004/0050123; 2004/0069821; 2004/0069822; 2004/0069823; 2004/0069824; 2004/0124220; 2004/0129745; 2004/0200872; 2004/0232180; 2004/0204169; 2004/0251286; Its open text is hereby incorporated by.
Most of known attachment devices are designed to be attached on the waistband.Because its configuration is not so these attachment devices can make it to be attached on the different objects.For example, these attachment devices can not together be worked well with belt loop, pocket or clothes peg.
Equally, these attachment devices tend to very huge.The mechanism that is used to connect extends away from health usually, shown in Figure 1A, 1B and 1C.Therefore, apparatus can only cosily be attached on the ad-hoc location on the waistband, and these positions are usually in user's side.They seldom are attached near user's the front or front, and are uncomfortable because the volume of apparatus may cause.
Yet most of attachment devices of this area also are easy to damage.Because they are huge for above-mentioned reasons and very, so they can be worn in the health side usually.These apparatus are also quite hard and can not be out of shape when being subjected to clashing into or move.When the user went to apart from the near excessively position of wall (or similarly solid object), mancarried device may clash into wall and cause damage.When the user is sitting on the chair and similar incident can takes place during the handrail of mancarried device bump chair.
The same with other electronic installation, it is more and more littler that radio telephone and cellular phone are just becoming.Therefore, attachment device just becomes increasing with respect to the size of phone.Therefore, attachment device can attract attention and clumsiness more owing to its size that increases relatively becomes the transportation of phone.
At last, known attachment device does not provide any mechanism that is used to clamp portable phone.Therefore, attachment device can not strengthen the user carried and used portable phone in hand ability.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of mancarried device that the is used for equipment of---especially portable electron device---and the method for using this equipment.This equipment is connected on mancarried device or its parts or the annex, and is used for mancarried device (as cellular phone) is attached to object (as belt loop).Equipment of the present invention comprises the parts that are connected to mancarried device or mancarried device or the base means on the annex.This equipment also comprises and hookinging means, and hooking means the part that has on the base means of being connected to and can be attached to another part on the object by the hook action.This equipment allows the simple and easy and attaching fast (with moving) of mancarried device and object (as belt loop), and firm clamping can be provided when not using.This equipment also can be used for mancarried device carrying and clamping in use.
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Be appreciated that following explanation of the present invention according to figure, wherein:
Figure 1A, 1B and 1C have shown the multiple traditional attachment device in this area;
Fig. 2 A, 2B and 2C have shown the attaching equipment that combines with according to an aspect of the present invention radio telephone;
Fig. 3 and 4 has shown another aspect of attaching equipment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 A, 5B and 5C have shown the action of attaching equipment according to an aspect of the present invention;
Fig. 6 A and 6B have shown with respect to the attaching equipment according to the suspension hook of one aspect of the present invention;
Fig. 7 A, 7B and 7C have shown the wireless telephonic attaching equipment that carries on the box that is attached to according to one aspect of the invention;
Fig. 8 and 9 has shown the many aspects of attaching equipment of the present invention;
Figure 10 A, 10B and 10C have shown with traditional equipment and have compared attaching equipment according to one aspect of the present invention;
Figure 11-13 has shown the multiple improvement according to the attaching equipment of several aspects of the present invention;
Figure 14,15A and 15B have shown several aspects that can be integrated into according to the retaining mechanism in the attaching equipment of the several aspects of the present invention;
Figure 16 and 17 has shown several aspects that can be integrated into according to the rotating mechanism in the attaching equipment of the several aspects of the present invention;
Figure 18 A, 18B, 18C, 19A, 19B and 19C have shown the multiple improvement according to the attaching equipment of others of the present invention;
Figure 20-21 has shown the multiple improvement according to the attaching equipment of several aspects of the present invention;
Figure 22 A, 22B and 22C have shown with respect to the attaching equipment according to the suspension hook of another aspect of the present invention; And
Figure 23 and 24 has shown the attaching equipment according to another aspect of the present invention.
The accompanying drawing that provides together with this explanation only is specific according to the method for apparatus of the present invention and forming device device---but not all---and part.Together with following explanation, demonstrate and illustrated principle of the present invention among the figure.In the drawings, for the purpose of clear, layer and regional thickness have been enlarged.Reference number identical in the different accompanying drawings is represented components identical, and has omitted its explanation.
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Below explanation provide specific part to provide to thorough understanding of the present invention.Yet skilled skilled worker can realize the present invention and need not to use these specific parts.In fact, the present invention can be by improving the shown device realization and can using with equipment and technology that industrial tradition is used.The present invention described below relates generally to portable phone, for example radio telephone and cellular phone.Yet the present invention also can improve at other portable electron device, and these electronic installations for example are transceiver radio, mp3 player, pager, stopwatch, timing part, remote control, flashlight etc.In fact, the present invention can be used for any non-electronic portable device, for example wallet, change bag, key ring, key chain, instrument (for example tape measure), safety card or identity card.Equally, the present invention has mainly described this equipment has been attached to (for example by using belt loop to be attached on the single user) on the object, but also can be attached on the different objects other position (for example finger) on (except that the user, for example the instrument board of automobile or wall) or the user.
As mentioned above, the present invention includes equipment on the mancarried device that is connected to the parts that comprise mancarried device or annex.This equipment can be when mancarried device does not use be clamped to mancarried device on the object (as, user's belt loop).This equipment helps its user when also being used in the mancarried device use and carries and the clamping mancarried device.
Cao Zuo any apparatus is all in the present invention available in the above described manner.According to one aspect of the present invention, equipment 1 comprises and hooking means (for example hook 2) and base means (for example base 21), shown in Fig. 2 A, 2B and 2C.The base 21 of equipment 1 is connected to the anchor that hook 2 was gone up and be used as to mancarried device 100 (or parts or annex).First one (A) of hook 2 is connected on the base 21.Second portion of hook 2 (B) and third part (C) are used for by the hook action mancarried device 100 being attached to object.
Shown the example of this hook action among Fig. 3, wherein the second portion B of the hook 2 of equipment 1 and third part C are clamped to mancarried device 100 on user's the belt loop 15.As described in Figure 4, equipment 1 can provide a kind of mechanism to come in use mancarried device 100 to be held in their hand to the user, and compares with only being held with a firm grip separately by hand, has the additional security that accident is fallen.
According to one aspect of the present invention, mancarried device 100 can move away from mancarried device 100 and be attached to (shown in Fig. 5 A, 5B and 5C) on the object by the third part C (being also referred to as free end) with hook 2.This action can generate opening 4, perhaps enlarges existing opening.So the third part C of hook 2 can be inserted through the part of object, for example pass through belt loop.When the third part C of hook 2 discharged, it returned its home position and closing any opening 4.In this position, mancarried device 100 is gone up and is hung from object from second (or crooked) part B that hooking means as shown in Figure 3.For mobile portable device 100, can reverse this process.According to another aspect of the present invention, the second portion B that hooking means can just slide and cross object (for example finger piece) and can not move the free end that hooking means, as shown in Figure 4.
Equipment of the present invention can be used for mancarried device 100 attachings and be clamped to any given position of the object that can hold this equipment.The example person's of being to use of this object clothing (waistband, belt loop, pocket ...), the suspension hook 16 of the particular design that shows among knob, ring set, hole, hook, ring, clothes peg, post, finger or Fig. 6 A and the 6B.Therefore, hooking means and to catch (or clamping) by the object of many types or the part of object, and be maintained fixed until moving wittingly by the user.
Equipment of the present invention does not need directly to be attached on the mancarried device 100.According to this aspect of the present invention, equipment 1 can be attached on the accessory or annex of mancarried device.The example of these accessories comprises chain, hook, plate, hinged joint, change, label, bearing, liner, battery, battery cover, leather cover or leather sheath.According to one aspect of the present invention, accessory comprises and carries box 91, and it can the clamping cellular phone, shown in Fig. 7 B.In similar aspect of the present invention, accessory comprises the belt holster 92 that is used for mancarried device 100, and equipment of the present invention 1 is retained to belt holster 92, shown in Fig. 7 C.According to another aspect of the present invention, accessory comprises the battery 103 (or battery cover) that is used for mancarried device 100, shown in Fig. 7 A.
The overall dimension of equipment makes the present invention can be used for multiple different mancarried device.These sizes can change over as required and be fit to specific final use (for example radio telephone of specific model) and still keep function of the present invention.Equally, the present invention can be configured to use with the mancarried device of a large amount of different sizes.
Equipment of the present invention has added the degree of depth seldom to mancarried device, especially for apparatus known in the art.Shown in Fig. 2 B, the plane of equipment 1 is parallel to the surface of the mancarried device 100 of its institute's attaching substantially, and therefore the overall depth with combination product (mancarried device and equipment) is reduced to minimum.Shown in Figure 1A, 1B and 1C, miscellaneous equipment as known in the art extends away from the surface of their institute's attachings.Therefore this mechanism increases the degree of depth of combination product (mancarried device and attachment device) significantly and has limited the type that can fix their object.
The actual grade that is increased to mancarried device by equipment of the present invention depends on base means and the employed material of configuration, equipment that hooking means, size and the weight and the attaching instrument of mancarried device.When mancarried device is when having the cellular phone of about 1 inch degree of depth, the depth bounds of equipment can be about 0.060 to about 0.300 inch, therefore only the degree of depth of phone has been increased about 7% to about 33%.For similar cellular phone, traditional attachment device has added nearly 1 inch the degree of depth, therefore the degree of depth has been increased about 100%.
Equipment of the present invention can it be operated as said by any permission material and any materials of aesthetics that meets expectation and functional requirement make.The example of this kind material comprises plastics, elastomer, synthetic, spring steel, other metal, timber or its combination.These materials are selectively processed to provide different fineness or outward appearance to strengthen marketability.The example of this type of processing comprise color, texture, opacity, other vision and haptic effect with and the combination.
Equipment can be by providing any known method manufacturing of all above-mentioned configurations to equipment.The example of these class methods comprises molded or punching press.According to one aspect of the present invention, plastics injection molding method is used to form equipment of the present invention.
Equipment of the present invention also can be to be used for the part that is attached to the system on the object with portable.Therefore, equipment of the present invention can be a part that has also comprised the system of the annex that is used for mancarried device or attachment device.When mancarried device was cellular phone, annex or attachment device can be to have carried out improving with the leather cover that uses with equipment of the present invention, be used for the leather sheath that uses with equipment of the present invention or be designed to hold the replacement battery or the battery cover of this equipment.According to another aspect of the present invention, system can comprise aforesaid suspension hook 16 and/or be used for the replacement equipment of initial installation (as, have different colors or shape).
As mentioned above, equipment of the present invention can comprise and hookinging means and base means.The part of object that the hookinging means of equipment can be designed to the catch many types object clamping of many types (or by) or object, and be maintained fixed until the user and move wittingly.Any hookinging means of operation in this way may be used to the present invention, comprising hookinging means described in the open text that hooking means and above quoted known in the art.According to one aspect of the present invention, used hookinging means shown in Fig. 2 A, 2B, 2C and Fig. 8 among the present invention.In these figure, hooking means (that is, hook 2) by arbitrarily suitable base means for example base 21 be connected on the mancarried device 100.
Comprise three parts according to hookinging means of this aspect of the present invention.The A of first extends away from base 21 along straight line usually substantially.Second portion B comprises the sweep that is connected on A of first and the third part C.The curve of second portion B can depend on designing requirement and different, but generally its scope is about 120 to about 360 degree.According to one aspect of the present invention, the curve of second portion B is approximately 180 degree.The axis of second portion B is positioned at vertical with the mounting plane of mancarried device 100 substantially plane.The third part C that hooking means extends from the second sweep B along straight line usually substantially, and terminate in no show base 21 parts, terminate in base 21 the side, with base 21 overlapping or extend past bases 21, as shown in Figure 8.
The curvature of the length of these three parts and width and second portion B depends on the type and the configuration thereof of employed material, mancarried device and hooking means position with respect to mancarried device 100.For example, when using with cellular phone, the length range of the A of first can be from about 1.5 to about 3 inches, and the length range of second portion B can be from about 1 to about 2 inches, and the length range of third part C can be from about 1 to about 3.5 inches.Although the width of three parts is substantially the same usually, they needn't be identical.For example, when using with cellular phone, width range can be from about 0.06 inch to about 0.25 inch.Equally, hooking means and to be designed to have several different cross sections or to bend to different shapes to cater to visual interest and to be used for different functions, as shown in Figure 9.
Hookinging means provides flexibility to a certain degree, this flexibility can strengthen the user mancarried device 100 is attached to ability on the object.In aspect of the present invention described in Fig. 5 A, 5B and the 5C, when the third part C that hooking means (or free end) moves perpendicular to plane, equipment place usually, will provide this flexibility.This motion promotes hook mechanism to catch the part of object (for example ring or ring set) and by its ability of catching.According to one aspect of the present invention, the quantity of the flexibility that is provided must with mancarried device is fixed to the required rigidity of desired object and balances each other.
Aspect this and in the others, required flexibility can obtain by several method of the present invention.First method is the characteristic of material therefor in hookinging means by utilization.The another kind of method that realizes this flexibility realizes by using spring-loaded hinge or similar means.Another kind method is by using the configuration that hooking means in this description and demonstration.
Shown in Figure 10 A, 10B and 10C, when for example standard belt clip 93 or iron lock 94 is compared with other attachment device, hooking means and seem very special.This particularity comprises second or the plane at the axis place of sweep B and the direction of motion of third part C (or free end).As shown in these figures, three parts of all of these apparatus all are arranged in plane B.The axis of second portion B is arranged in identical plane (plane A) with iron lock 94.Yet the motion of the motion of the third part C of equipment 1 and iron vertical with plane B lock 84 is parallel with plane B.In addition, although the end 83 of the third part C of equipment 1 and belt clip 93 is moved (both is perpendicular to plane B) similarly, the axis of each equipment is all in different planes.
According to one aspect of the present invention, hookinging means of equipment can improve, thereby comprises with respect to closed in itself or with respect to the ring set of base means closure.Described the example of closed by this way ring set among Figure 11, the ring set self-closing that wherein hooking means to be to form ring 5, and self-closing to be forming shape 6 substantially, and can form shape 7.Other shape of self-closing ring set, for example square, triangle, rectangle, polygon etc. also can be with in the present invention.Be other details of having described the ring set configuration in 10/941,662 the U.S. Patent application at sequence number, it all is hereby incorporated by.According to another aspect of the present invention, hooking means and comprise ring set 3, ring set 3 has canned paragraph and compliant section, is described in 10/941,662 the U.S. Patent application as sequence number, its all openly text be hereby incorporated by.
The any-mode that hooking means to allow it to operate as mentioned above is connected to mancarried device.According to one aspect of the present invention, hooking means direct connection or be attached on the mancarried device 100.According to another aspect of the present invention, hooking means by base means and be connected to mancarried device, as described below, and therefore be connected to mancarried device 100 indirectly.
Base means is served as and is used for the base or the anchor that are attached on the mancarried device 100 hookinging means.In equipment 1, can use the base means of operating in this way arbitrarily, comprising base 21.
Base means can be forever or removably is connected to mancarried device 100.Base means is used adhesive or other chemical bond, machanical fastener for good and all is attached on the mancarried device 100 or as a feature molded in mancarried device itself.Base means by adhesive tape, machanical fastener, hook and loop fabric, molded feature or with base means suitably clamp, other mechanism bonding or that be fixed on mancarried device or its parts or the annex removably is attached on the mancarried device.Base means can comprise auxiliary its and be connected to any required feature on the mancarried device, comprising those features described in the disclosed open text above.Base means also can comprise mating reaction as known in the art be rotated, hinged, locking, attaching and the several parts that separate.
Base means can have and allows to be attached on the mancarried device and serve as the base that hooking means or the arbitrary shape of anchor.The example of this kind shape comprises those shapes shown in circle, square, rectangle, polygon, multiform and Fig. 8.According to one aspect of the present invention, base means has the configuration of the base 21 shown in Figure 23-24, one of them part 24 from the remainder of base 21 extend to hooking means 2 third part C near.According to this aspect of the present invention, base 21 has the central portion 22 of reduction and the edge 23 that raises.
Base means also can comprise the feature that is used to strengthen its function or supplementary features are provided.According to one aspect of the present invention, this feature comprises and is used to identify or the space of other advertisement.According to another aspect of the present invention, feature comprises that recess is with the feature to the adhesive tab calibration.In another aspect of the present invention, feature helps the identification and the use of mancarried device.
Equipment of the present invention can improve in several modes.Equipment can be configured to ambidextrous or turnover to adapt to user's needs.The overall dimension of equipment can improve to adapt to multiple different mancarried device.These sizes can change over as required and be fit to specific final use (for example radio telephone of specific model) and still keep function of the present invention.Equally, the present invention can be configured to use with a large amount of mancarried devices.Another improvement of equipment is to allow versatility to satisfy any individual user's demand.In a kind of therein mode, this versatility is by allowing user's specified devices realizing towards (or vice versa) with respect to mancarried device.Should towards can be fixedly the time by selection equipment with respect to the expectation of mancarried device towards realization.
In another kind improved, hook mechanism can be designed to have several different cross sections.In this improved, different piece A, B and/or C can have the varying cross-section of supporting their difference in functionalitys that rises.Equally, hook mechanism can have or bend to different shapes to cater to visual interest and to be used for different functions.
In another kind improved, equipment of the present invention can comprise day the Line tool (as shown in Figure 18 A and 18B), this day the Line tool strengthened the reception of the mancarried device that uses wireless method communication.In fact, for cellular phone, antenna and equipment 1 can combine.Similarly, the functional part of other mancarried device can or add on the equipment of the present invention with equipment combination of the present invention.
In another kind improves, can be more than only one with the equipment that given mancarried device arbitrarily uses.Equally, equipment of the present invention can be disposed for than cellular phone bigger/heavier mancarried device.
Although the base means of equipment of the present invention is described as single part with hookinging means usually, they also can be parts separately in the another kind of equipment improves.According to this aspect of the present invention, hooking means and to be designed to it and can and to be attached to again on another position then from base means (remaining fixed on the equipment).Separate the ability that hooking means with base means and also allow different material is used for making, and be used to cater to the different market segments.
If necessary, equipment also can be modified to comprise and surpasses single ring set.According to this aspect of the present invention, equipment comprises first ring set 10 and second ring set 11, as shown in figure 12.This aspect of the present invention is very useful, because it provides be used for portable attaching and move to object at 2.
In aspect of the present invention shown in Figure 12, two ring sets 10 and 11 are separated from one another.Perhaps, two ring sets can be connected to each other and be attached on the base means, and central ring set is just with respect to sliding before and after the mancarried device, as shown in figure 13.This configuration allows the user to change the size of ring set as required when the operation mancarried device.Be other configuration of having described ring set in 10/941,662 the U.S. Patent application at sequence number, its all openly text be hereby incorporated by.
In another kind improved, equipment can comprise locking tool.The effect of locking tool is that base means and hookinging means is locked together, and therefore prevents to hooking means landing (and therefore causing mancarried device to break away from from object) from the object.The example that has shown a locking tool among Figure 14, wherein the third part of hook 2 or free end C and base 21 comprise mating part 26 and 27.The mating part 27 of free end C can move in the mating part 26 of base 21 and therefrom shift out, thereby connects (or locking) and disconnection (unlocking) attachment device of the present invention.
Another aspect that has shown locking tool among Figure 15 A and the 15B.Base 21 comprise towards and the slide mechanism (for example slide block 29) that moves away from the free end of hook 2.In " downwards " position shown in Figure 15 A, slide block remains on the base 21.When slide block 29 moved to " making progress " position shown in Figure 15 B, it was will be with the free end that hooking means overlapping and hook 2 locked onto on the base 21 effectively.
In another kind improved, equipment can be modified to and holds electronic components.According to this aspect of the present invention, equipment of the present invention can comprise the wireless tool of the reception that strengthens the mancarried device that uses wireless communications method.In yet another aspect, equipment can comprise the instrument of the earphone wireless transmission of signals of wearing to the user from mancarried device.
In another improved, equipment of the present invention comprised throw alternatively.Throw allows equipment to be rotated with respect to mancarried device.Mancarried device conversely again can be with respect to the object rotation of its institute's attaching.According to one aspect of the present invention, throw can be configured to allow mancarried device to rotate to one or several indexing position and allow it to lock onto in certain position subsequently.This throw can be configured to have and rotate the number of degrees arbitrarily, spends and spends until 360 comprising about 45 degree, about 90.
Can use any throw that can work in the above described manner as known in the art in the present invention.According to one aspect of the present invention, it is the mechanism of describing in 10/941,662 the U.S. Patent application that throw is included in sequence number, and its open text is hereby incorporated by.According to another aspect of the present invention, throw comprises the mechanism of describing in Figure 16 and 17.According to this aspect of the present invention, throw comprises several parts, and they are cooperated together, thereby with respect to mancarried device rotation and this equipment of clamping.
The throw that shows among Figure 16 and 17 comprises hub 30, and all other parts of throw all are connected on the hub 30 and with respect to it rotates.Hub 30 comprises a plate, and plate has accommodation hole 31, lug 32, backstop 33 and holding tank 34.Hub 30 by any means as known in the art for example adhesive tape be attached on mancarried device or its parts or the annex.In yet another aspect, hub 30 is molded as the integral part of mancarried device, parts or annex.
Use this throw that some interchangeability of any specific equipment 1 that uses with mancarried device 100 can be provided.Because equipment only is connected on the mancarried device by using throw, so miscellaneous equipment (comprising improved base means) also can be used for the present invention.This just allows the user to change the style, color, shape etc. of the equipment 1 that uses with any given mancarried device 100.
This throw also can improve, and it just can be attached on the equipment but not be attached on the mancarried device like this.According to this aspect of the present invention, plate 40 will use the pin that extends towards mancarried device to be attached on the improved base means.Outside plate will be connected on the mancarried device.The remaining part of throw is with connection as implied above and rotation.
In the another kind of equipment improves, hooking means and directly to connect or to be attached on the mancarried device 100, so mancarried device itself just serves as base means.According to this aspect of the present invention, hooking means in the design that can be integrated into mancarried device and maybe can be configured to addition item.When in the design that is integrated into mancarried device, mancarried device can manufacture and hooking means a part that is fabricated to mancarried device.
This aspect of the present invention is shown among protruding 18A and the 18B, and wherein mancarried device 100 is shaped on hole 101, and the A of first that hooking means with attaching wherein can be set.Mancarried device 100 also is shaped on groove 102 or recess, wherein can insert or comprise to hooking means 2 third part C.The end of hole 101 and the A of first is connected, like this free end (or third part C) just can towards with move away from groove 102 or rotate (shown in the arrow among Figure 18 B).This configuration allows user to move third part C away from groove, by free end or third part C are slid through ring set mancarried device 100 is attached on the desired object (for example belt loop 15), allows third part C to move back in the groove 102 then.For mancarried device 100 is removed from object, only need to hooking means 2 third part C and move away from groove 102 or rotate and mancarried device drawn back from object and get final product.In the present invention, can use to be used for the free end clamping of hook mechanism or to be locked in any known clamp method of groove 102, for example frictional fit.
In similar aspect of the present invention, portable device need comprise groove, described in Figure 18 C of institute.According to this aspect of the present invention, hooking means (that is, hook 302) and comprise the first end that is connected to mancarried device 100.It is free that the free end C of hook 302 keeps, thereby move away from mancarried device in the above described manner.Therefore, mancarried device 100 will serve as base means.According to this aspect of the present invention, extension 324 (being similar to extension 24) can be provided so it and is positioned at the contiguous place of free end C.
According to this aspect of the present invention, hookinging means can be forever or removably be attached on the mancarried device 100.Hookinging means can be by any means as known in the art attaching for good and all, for example by molded, bonding or mechanical entrapment.Hookinging means also can be by known method attaching removably arbitrarily, for example by frictional fit, be clasped or screw.
Hooking means and to be positioned on any desired part that can not interfere its operation on the mancarried device.Mancarried device is in the aspect of the present invention of cellular phone therein, hooking means the top that is usually located at the phone back, and it is located in the upright position hookinging means by use when being attached on the object like this, as shown in Figure 3.Yet, hooking means the bottom or the side that can be attached to mancarried device 100 backs.Equally, if necessary, hooking means the front that can be attached to mancarried device.
When attaching removably, hooking means and to be configured to move on the diverse location of mancarried device.According to this aspect of the present invention, mancarried device hooking means in by the position of attaching at those and is equipped with aforesaid movably fastening means.Hooking means can by remove and subsequently again attaching hooking means and move and be attached to another position from a position.
In another improved, equipment of the present invention can be equipped with outreach tool.Cellular phone and other specific portable electron device can emitted radiations in its operating process.Now existingly worry that this radiation (when mancarried device during too near health) can damage the user potentially when the user is exposed in this radiation for a long time.For reducing this risk, equipment of the present invention can be changed, and mancarried device just extends the health away from the user like this, has therefore reduced user's SAR (specific absorption rate).Although can use satisfy this SAR that reduce with any distance health, the scope of extended distance is usually until about 0.900 inch, even from about 0.00 to about 1.00 inches.
Also can use known arbitrarily outreach tool to realize the desired distance of extending away from health.Outreach tool can be provided in and hooking means, among base means or both.Figure 19 A, 19B and 19C described of the present invention aspect in, outreach tool comprises a part that hooking means, this part is not extended along the plane that is parallel to mancarried device 100 substantially.In this configuration, the second portion B that hooking means comprises the bending 8 away from mancarried device 100 bendings.Yet the axis of second portion is positioned at relative vertical plane with plane, equipment place as much as possible.When equipment is attached to belt loop and hangs, crooked 8 just make mancarried device be suspended on belt loop at a distance of specified distance.This improvement also provides release channel and has allowed mancarried device suitably to hang for larger object (for example wallet band).This improvement also allows nature and comfortable gripping more when equipment is used as the instrument that carries mancarried device.
Another improvement of equipment of the present invention relates to the configuration of free-ended distal portion 9 (part of the extension 24 of close base 21).For not only needing to be easy to be attached to belt loop (and can catch belt loop necessarily) yet but also can still can keep regardless of user's motion being hooked on for the configuration of (and catching belt loop at an easy rate) on the belt loop, need keep a kind of balance.A kind of desired configuration of distal portion 9 is to make equipment of the present invention be easy to be attached on the belt loop and be easy to remove from belt loop, no matter user's motion and can keep being hooked on the belt loop, and be easy to manufacturing.Can satisfy these requirements by the configuration of describing among Figure 20.The example that has shown the configuration of other type that can be used in the distal portion 9 in the equipment of the present invention among Figure 21.
The suspension hook 16 that equipment of the present invention also can be used for using the particular design that Fig. 6 A and 6B show is with portable attaching and be clamped to the plane, for example on the instrument board of wall or automobile.According to this aspect of the present invention, suspension hook 16 is dismountable or for good and all be attached on the surface of wall or instrument board.The second portion B that hooking means then is placed in the suspension hook mancarried device is clamped in this position.Alternatively, the cross section 12 of second portion B can be configured to when it only is assemblied between the extension 17 of suspension hook 16 when suitably directed as shown in Figure 22 A, 22B and 22C.Therefore, for attaching (and moving) mancarried device, it will be inserted with an angle, and the thin part of cross section 12 will be through extension 17 like this.Yet at suspension point, mancarried device can not be moved, especially can not unexpected move because the thickest part of cross section 12 towards making it can not pass the extension 17 of suspension hook.
Equipment is shown as on the plane that is attached to mancarried device.According to one aspect of the present invention, equipment can be modified to attach on the non-flat surface.According to this aspect of the present invention, base means can be made the curve that the desired curvature on attaching surface is complementary with it.Hooking means and to change also that like this it still can be operated as described above.
Compare with attachment device known in the art, equipment of the present invention has numerous advantages and improvement.The first, equipment is configured to the single part that keeps together with mancarried device.Not needing second part that mancarried device is clamped on the desired object and therefore can not lose.The second, equipment is very simple and very durable.The 3rd, equipment of the present invention makes the maintenance of mancarried device (as cellular phone) and clamping be very easy to, and no matter is when the equipment that carries also is to use it (when for example using the cellular phone talk).The 4th, use equipment of the present invention and to be clamped on the belt loop and the user is difficult to notice the existence of mancarried device with littler portable attaching.The 5th, equipment can be placed on the littler mancarried device and hook or be stored in the cloth bag (or similarly confined space) and therefore can use a finger but not whole hand finds at an easy rate still.The 6th, equipment can use two-sided tape directly to be fixed on the mancarried device or can directly stick on the shell that is used to seal mancarried device.The 7th, it can be easy to and promptly be attached on belt loop, clothes peg or the hook and above them and remove.The 8th, the section of equipment can be extremely thin, therefore added very little volume to mancarried device.The 9th, when mancarried device strikes the another one object for example in wall or the chair time, equipment allows " providing ", has therefore reduced the potentiality of damaging.The tenth, equipment can be configured to meet SAR and EMI requirement.The 11, equipment allows mancarried device cosily to wear, and no matter is in user front or side, and can not hang and hinder or damage waistband (or other clothes).At last, equipment of the present invention can be in level and vertical direction the outside ridge on mancarried device for example the antenna of mancarried device protection is provided.
Although described preferred aspect of the present invention, should be appreciated that the present invention is by appended claims but not the specific detail of setting forth in the above-mentioned explanation limits, have many obvious variations because can not break away from its spirit or scope.
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1. one kind is used for the equipment that is attached on the object portable, comprise be attached on the mancarried device and substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device in extend hooking means, described hookinging means comprises the not free end of attaching of the end that is attached on the mancarried device and.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, hooking means to comprise first, second sweep that is attached on the mancarried device and extends away from mancarried device and the third part of extending towards first backward.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, third part substantially along straight line extend and can terminate in no show base 21 parts, terminate in base means the side, with the overlapping or extend past base means of base means.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the free end that hooking means can move perpendicular to the plane on described surface.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, thereby free end moves away from mancarried device with portable attaching and move on the object.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that free end moves towards mancarried device, thereby mancarried device is clamped on the object.
7. equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, hooking means to comprise and be used for when attaching device that mancarried device is extended away from object.
8. be used for the equipment that is attached on the object portable, comprise:
Be connected to the base means on the mancarried device; And
Be attached to hookinging means on the base means, hooking means and be arranged in substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device and comprise the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane one free end of attaching not.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, hooking means to comprise first, second sweep that is attached on the mancarried device and extends away from mancarried device and the third part of extending towards base means backward.
10. equipment as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, the base means and the free end that hooking means are located adjacent one another.
11. equipment as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, thereby free end moves away from mancarried device with portable attaching and move on the object.
12. equipment as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that free end moves towards mancarried device, thereby mancarried device is clamped on the object.
13. be used for the equipment that is attached on the object portable, comprise:
Be connected to the base means on the mancarried device; And
Be attached to hookinging means on the base means, hooking means in the plane on the surface that is parallel to mancarried device substantially and to extend and comprise the not free end of attaching of the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane, free end moves away from mancarried device, thereby with portable attaching and move on the object and towards mancarried device and move so that mancarried device is clamped on the object.
14. equipment as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, hooking means to comprise and be used for when attaching instrument that mancarried device is extended away from object.
15. equipment as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, base means that hooking means and free end are provided with located adjacent one anotherly.
16. one kind is used for mancarried device is clamped to system on the object, this system comprises a mechanism, and described mechanism comprises:
Be connected to the base means on the mancarried device; And
Be attached to hookinging means on the base means, hooking means and be arranged in substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device and comprise the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane one free end of attaching not.
17. system as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, hooking means to comprise and be used for when attaching instrument that mancarried device is extended away from object.
18. system as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, base means that hooking means and free end are provided with located adjacent one anotherly.
19. a mancarried device has and is used for equipment is clamped to annex on the object, described annex comprises:
Be connected to the base means on the mancarried device; And
Be attached to hookinging means on the base means, hooking means and be arranged in substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device and comprise the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane one free end of attaching not.
20. equipment as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, hooking means to comprise and be used for when attaching instrument that mancarried device is extended away from object.
21. equipment as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that, base means that hooking means and free end are provided with located adjacent one anotherly.
22. a manufacturing is used for mancarried device is clamped to the method for the annex on the object, described method comprises:
Be provided for being connected to the base means on the mancarried device; And
To hooking means and be attached on the base means, and hooking means and be arranged in substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device and comprise the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane one free end of attaching not.
23. one kind is used for the method that is attached on the object portable, described method comprises:
A kind of mancarried device is provided;
Base means is connected on the mancarried device;
To hooking means and be attached on the base means, and hooking means and be arranged in substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device and comprise the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane one free end of attaching not;
An object is provided; And
Use hooking means and is attached on the object portable.
24. method as claimed in claim 23 comprises by the freedom of movement end and comes the attaching mancarried device away from mancarried device.
25. one kind is used for mancarried device is clamped to method on the object, described method comprises:
A kind of mancarried device is provided;
Base means is connected on the mancarried device;
To hooking means and be attached on the base means, and hooking means and be arranged in substantially with the surperficial parallel plane of mancarried device and comprise the end that is attached to base means and can move perpendicular to described plane one free end of attaching not;
An object is provided; And
Use hooking means mancarried device is clamped on the object.
26. method as claimed in claim 25 is characterized in that, object is the user's of mancarried device a finger.
27. method as claimed in claim 25 is characterized in that, the object person's of being to use pocket or belt loop.
28. method as claimed in claim 25 comprises by bringing in the clamping mancarried device to the mancarried device freedom of movement.
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