CN220792752U

CN220792752U - Annular foldable supporting structure

Info

Publication number: CN220792752U
Application number: CN202321916909.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕浩玮
Original assignee: Dongguan Juchuang Sansan Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Dongguan Juchuang Sansan Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-06-30
Filing date: 2023-07-19
Publication date: 2024-04-16
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-19

Abstract

The application discloses an annular foldable supporting structure for supporting an article on a plane, comprising a main supporting part, a plurality of supporting parts and a plurality of supporting parts, wherein the main supporting part comprises a plurality of non-flexible parts and a plurality of flexible parts arranged among the non-flexible parts, a first end of the main supporting part is connected with a base, and a second end of the main supporting part is connected with a part of an extending part. The extension portion is connected with a second end of the main supporting portion and a part of the base respectively, and the main supporting portion can be folded relative to the base and the extension portion. In a storage state, at least two of the plurality of non-flexible parts are directly or indirectly jointed with one surface of the base or an object, at least one of the plurality of non-flexible parts is jointed with the extension part, and a part of the extension part is directly or indirectly jointed with one surface of the base or the object.

Description

Annular foldable supporting structure

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of support devices, and in particular to a foldable article support structure for supporting a mobile device, a computer device or a book.

Background

The great convenience brought by hand-held mobile devices and computer devices, such as mobile phones, tablets and the like, makes the life of people gradually leave these devices. However, if the mobile device and the computer device are required to be used for watching the content such as the film or the data for a long time, the user needs to hold the mobile device and the computer device all the time, which is inconvenient. In view of this, the applicant has felt to be inexhaustible and diligent and has made many years of experience in the industry, and has further provided a collapsible article support structure, in order to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present application provides a foldable article supporting structure, which has a compact structural design, so as to form a substantially upright state with a plane at an angle to a mobile device, a tablet computer device or other electronic devices, so as to reduce the burden of the hand and the shoulder and neck of a user.

The annular foldable supporting structure mainly comprises a main supporting part, an extending part and a base. The main support portion includes a plurality of non-flexible portions and a plurality of flexible portions disposed between the plurality of non-flexible portions. The first end of the main support portion is connected to the base, and the second end of the main support portion is connected to a portion of the extension portion. The second end of the main support portion may be connected to any portion of the extension portion; as shown, in one embodiment, the second end is connected to one face of the extension. And one end of the extension is further connected to a portion of the base and a flexible portion may be disposed therebetween such that the extension may be folded over relative to the base 300.

Only both ends of the main supporting portion are connected to the extension portion and the base, respectively, so that other portions can be separated from the extension portion and the base. Therefore, the main supporting part, the extension part and the base form a closed annular structure, and the middle of the annular structure is provided with a containing space into which a user can extend.

When the support is stored, the user needs to attach the support to one surface of the extension and the base, and then attach the extension to the support and the base.

In the first supporting state, the first non-flexible part is directly or indirectly jointed with one surface of the base or the object (when the base is provided with a basket, the first non-flexible part can directly contact the object), and the third non-flexible part is jointed with the extension part, so that the second non-flexible part forms an elevation angle with the base or the object and the extension part respectively. In the first supporting state, the extending part is folded relative to the base to form an included angle.

In the second supporting state, a portion of the extension portion directly or indirectly engages with one side of the base or the object (when the base 300 is empty such that the extension portion 200 can directly contact the object), and the first non-flexible portion and the second non-flexible portion are folded with respect to the base or the object to form an elevation angle.

Drawings

The individual technical features of the present application and their relationships are further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are exemplary, some technical features are not shown in actual proportion, and some drawings may omit technical features that are conventional in the art to which the present application pertains and are not essential to understanding and realizing the present application, or additionally show technical features that are not essential to understanding and realizing the present application, that is, combinations of the technical features shown in the drawings are not limiting the present application. In addition, throughout this application, like reference numerals refer to like elements. The specific drawings are as follows:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of the development of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the accommodated state of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a use state of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the first supporting state of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating the use of the first support state of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a second supporting state of the present application.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating the use of the second supporting state of the present application.

Reference numerals illustrate: 100-main support; a first end of 101 a; 102-a second end; 110 a first non-flexible portion; 120-a second non-deflectable portion; 130-a third non-deflectable portion; 200-extension; free end 201; 300-base; 5-a non-deflectable portion; 6-a deflectable portion; θ1 to θ6-elevation angle.

Detailed Description

In order to make the content of the present application clear, the following description should be taken together with the accompanying drawings for reference.

The non-permanent fixation means described in this application is achieved by, for example: the two objects are mutually fixed, connected, jointed or connected in a magnetic, velcro, detachable clamping mechanism or re-adhesive mode, and the mutual fixation, connection, jointing or connection of the two objects can be released at any time. The permanent fixing means described in the present application means by, for example: the two objects are fixed, connected, joined or connected with each other by means of non-repeated adhesive, sewing or stapling.

As used herein, coupled means that two objects are secured, joined, or otherwise connected to each other by either a non-permanent or permanent securing means as described above. Magnetic as used herein includes permanent magnetic, non-permanent magnetic, or ferromagnetic properties.

Although the terms "first," "second," "third," etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, or sections, these elements, components, regions, and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. The terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Accordingly, the following description of "first …" may be construed as "second …" or "third …" without departing from the teachings herein.

The application discloses a foldable article support structure for supporting an article on a plane. The support structure of the application comprises a plurality of non-flexible parts and a plurality of flexible parts, wherein the non-flexible parts are sheet-shaped, and the non-flexible parts can be connected by the flexible parts, so that the non-flexible parts can be folded relatively. The support structure can be folded by the flexible parts to form a storage state and a plurality of different support states. Each supporting state can support or place articles at different heights so as to achieve convenience in use. For example, the flexible portion of the present application may be made of a foldable material such as an artificial leather material or a polyurethane material, and the non-flexible portion may be made of any material that cannot be folded by human force, such as acryl metal …; the appearance of the non-flexible part can be coated by the artificial leather material or the polyurethane material.

Referring to fig. 1-3, the annular foldable support structure of the present application mainly includes a main support portion 100, an extension portion 200, and a base 300. The main support 100 includes a plurality of non-flexible portions 5 and a plurality of flexible portions 6 disposed therebetween. The first end 101 of the main support 100 is connected to the base 300 and the second end 102 of the main support 100 is connected to a portion of the extension 200. The second end 102 of the main support 100 may connect any portion of the extension 200; as shown, in one embodiment, the second end 102 is coupled to one side of the extension 200. And one end of the extension 200 is further connected to a portion of the base 300, and a flexible portion 6 may be disposed therebetween, so that the extension 200 may be folded with respect to the base 300. More specifically, the opposite end of the extension 200 connected to the base 300 is a free end 201, and the free end 201 can be folded with respect to the base 300 and the main support 100. In other words, the opposite end of the extension 200 that is not connected to the base 300 is the free end 201. In addition, a flexible portion 6 may be disposed between the main supporting portion 100 and the base 300, so that the main supporting portion 100 may be folded with respect to the base 300 and the extension portion.

The pedestals 300 described herein can be implemented in a variety of ways, for example, the pedestals 300 can be a sheet-like structure. The sheet structure is then coupled to, bonded to, or otherwise engaged … with a side of an object (e.g., a mobile device) by non-permanent or permanent fastening. In some embodiments, the base 300 may also be implemented as a protective case or back cover for a mobile device; in this embodiment, the base 300 may be a locking member that can be locked to one side of the object, and thus the base 300 can be locked or coupled to one side of the object. The form of the base 300 described herein is not limited to , as long as it provides the function of interengagement with an object.

Referring to fig. 1, the present application is characterized in that since only two ends (the first end 101 and the second end 102) of the main supporting portion 100 are respectively connected to the extending portion 200 and the base 300, other portions can be separated from the extending portion 200 and the base 300. Thus, the main supporting portion 100, the extending portion 200 and the base 300 form a closed ring structure, and the ring structure has a receiving space therebetween, into which a user's hand can extend, as shown in fig. 4.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the extension portion 200 is turned over relative to the base 300, and the main support portion 100 is attached to the extension portion 200 and the base 300, and fig. 3 is a storage state of the present application. In the storage state shown in fig. 3, the user needs to attach the support portion 100 to one surface of the extension portion 200 and the base 300 and attach the extension portion 200 to the support portion 100 and the base 300. In the stowed condition, at least two of the plurality of non-flexible portions 5 are directly or indirectly (e.g., via other objects) attached to one side of the base 300 or an object (e.g., when the base 300 is in a basket such that the support 100 can directly contact the object). At least one of the plurality of non-flexible portions 5 is attached to the extension 200, and a portion of the extension is directly or indirectly attached to the base 300 or the main support 100. The term "conforming" as used herein generally refers to the fact that the surfaces of two objects lie against and are substantially parallel to each other.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in an embodiment, the main supporting portion 100 further includes a first non-flexible portion 110, a second non-flexible portion 120, and a third non-flexible portion 130, wherein one end of the first non-flexible portion 110 is connected to the base 300, the other end is connected to the second non-flexible portion 120, one end of the third non-flexible portion 130 is connected to the second non-flexible portion 120, and the other end is connected to the extension portion 200. In this embodiment, when the present application is in the storage state, the first non-flexible portion 110 and the second non-flexible portion 120 are directly or indirectly attached to one surface of the base 300 or the object, and the third non-flexible portion 130 is attached to the extension portion 200.

By folding the present application, the present application may be made to assume different support states. The user may support an object, such as a mobile device, in different support states so that the user can view the mobile device through different angles. The different support states that can be presented by the present application will be described below. Referring to fig. 5 and 6, in the first supporting state, the first non-flexible portion 110 is directly or indirectly attached to one surface of the base 300 or the object (when the base 300 has a basket such that the first non-flexible portion 110 can directly contact the object), and the third non-flexible portion 130 is attached to the extension portion 200, such that the second non-flexible portion 120 forms an elevation angle (θ1, θ2) with the base or the object and the extension portion, respectively. In the first supporting state, the extension part is folded relative to the base to form an included angle (theta 3). As shown in fig. 6, after the user connects the base 300 and the mobile device, the user may support the mobile device in the first supporting state by turning over the present application.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, in the second supporting state, a portion of the extension portion 200 directly or indirectly abuts against one surface of the base 300 or the object (when the base 300 has a basket such that the extension portion 200 can directly contact the object), and the first non-flexible portion and the second non-flexible portion are folded with respect to the base or the object to form an elevation angle (θ4, θ5). As shown in fig. 8, after the user connects the base 300 and the mobile device, the user may support the mobile device in the second supporting state by turning over the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4, another feature of the present application is that the user can fold the extension portion 200 with respect to the base 300 to form an included angle θ6, the first non-flexible portion 110, the second non-flexible portion 120, and the third non-flexible portion 130 are not directly or indirectly attached to the base 300 or the object, and the third non-flexible portion 130 is not attached to the extension portion 200. At this time, the user can stretch the hand into the space in the middle of the annular structure, so that the mobile device is firmly held, and the user does not need to worry about falling of the mobile device when walking.

In some embodiments, the first non-deflectable portion 110, the second non-deflectable portion 120, or the third non-deflectable portion 130 has magnetic properties; or the base 300 or the extension 200 has magnetic properties. This can enable the present application to be stably maintained in the respective supporting states as well as the housed state.

However, the above description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application; equivalent changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope thereof.

The term "comprising" as used throughout this application should not be construed as limited to what is listed thereafter; it does not exclude other elements or steps.

It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art may implement the application in any suitable manner combining features of one or more embodiments mentioned throughout the application with features of other embodiments.

Note that the above is only the preferred embodiments of the present application and the technical principles applied. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present application is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of numerous obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present application. Therefore, although the present application has been described in more detail through the above embodiments, the present application is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include many other equivalent embodiments without departing from the technical concept of the present application, which falls within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An annular collapsible support structure comprising:

a main support portion comprising a plurality of non-flexible portions and a plurality of flexible portions disposed between the plurality of non-flexible portions, a first end of the main support portion being coupled to a base, a second end of the main support portion being coupled to a portion of an extension portion;

wherein one end of the extension is further connected to a portion of the base and the main support is foldable relative to the base and the extension;

wherein in a storage state, at least two of the plurality of non-flexible parts are directly or indirectly attached to one surface of the base or an object, at least one of the plurality of non-flexible parts is attached to the extension part, and a part of the extension part is directly or indirectly attached to one surface of the base or the main support part.

2. The annular collapsible supporting structure as recited in claim 1 wherein said main supporting portion further comprises a first non-flexible portion, a second non-flexible portion, and a third non-flexible portion, said first non-flexible portion having one end connected to said base and another end connected to said second non-flexible portion, said third non-flexible portion having one end connected to said second non-flexible portion and another end connected to said extension.

3. The annular collapsible supporting structure as recited in claim 1, wherein the opposite ends of the extension portion connected to the base are free ends, the free ends being foldable relative to the base and the main support portion.

4. The annular collapsible supporting structure as recited in claim 1, wherein the opposite end of the extension not connected to the base is a free end, the free end being foldable relative to the base and the main support.

5. The annular collapsible supporting structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein in the stowed condition the first non-flexible portion and the second non-flexible portion are directly or indirectly attached to one face of the base or the object and the third non-flexible portion is attached to the extension.

6. The annular collapsible supporting structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein in a first supporting state, the first non-flexible portion is directly or indirectly attached to one side of the base or the object, and the third non-flexible portion is attached to the extension portion, such that the second non-flexible portion forms an elevation angle with the base or the object and the extension portion, respectively.

7. The annular foldable support structure of claim 6, wherein in the first support state, the extension is folded over with respect to the base to form an included angle.

8. The annular foldable support structure of claim 2, wherein in a second support state, a portion of the extension directly or indirectly engages a side of the base or the object, the first non-flexible portion and the second non-flexible portion being folded back relative to the base or the object to form an elevation angle.

9. The annular collapsible supporting structure of claim 2, wherein in a folded-over state, the extension is folded over with respect to the base to form an included angle, the first non-deflectable portion, the second non-deflectable portion, and the third non-deflectable portion do not directly or indirectly engage the base or the object, and the third non-deflectable portion does not engage the extension.

10. The annular collapsible support structure of claim 2, wherein the first non-deflectable portion, the second non-deflectable portion, or the third non-deflectable portion has magnetic properties.

11. The annular collapsible support structure of claim 1 wherein the base or the extension has magnetic properties.

12. The annular collapsible supporting structure of claim 1, wherein the base is in the form of a sheet, one face of the base being coupled to the object by a non-permanent or permanent fixation.

13. The annular collapsible supporting structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base is a snap-fit member snap-fittable to a face of the object.