EP0504359B1 - A protective jacket, in particular for remote control units for televisions, video recorders and other instruments for personal and professional use - Google Patents

A protective jacket, in particular for remote control units for televisions, video recorders and other instruments for personal and professional use Download PDF

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EP0504359B1
EP0504359B1 EP91917742A EP91917742A EP0504359B1 EP 0504359 B1 EP0504359 B1 EP 0504359B1 EP 91917742 A EP91917742 A EP 91917742A EP 91917742 A EP91917742 A EP 91917742A EP 0504359 B1 EP0504359 B1 EP 0504359B1
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Loris Meliconi
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/02—Bases, casings, or covers
    • H01H9/0214—Hand-held casings
    • H01H9/0235—Hand-held casings specially adapted for remote control, e.g. of audio or video apparatus
    • H01H9/0242—Protective enclosures; Cushioning means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2231/00—Applications
    • H01H2231/032—Remote control
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2231/00—Applications
    • H01H2231/036—Radio; TV

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  • the invention relates to a protective anti-shock jacket for the protection of remote control units for televisions or video recorders, as well as for other instruments such as calculators, telephones, alarm clocks, measuring instruments etc.
  • the present invention is derived from a jacket already available on the market, produced and sold by the same Applicant, and known in Italy as the "guscio tv" ("tv shell"), object of the Italian Patent no. 1,208,461, and it is studied to overcome the limitations of the DE U 8905589, which is considered to represent the most relevant prior art, that discloses a protective jacket provided longitudinally only of thin sections with a certain transverse elasticity, only to facilitate the introduction of a corresponding remote control unit inside the jacket.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a jacket structured in such a way as to be considerably elastic so that it can be used to house units of differing sizes and shapes, while maintaining its antishock properties.
  • a protective jacket having the features of claim 1.
  • the jacket is structured in such a way that sections of material of some considerable thickness, which provide the antishock function by being capable of absorbing the effect of shocks due to, for example, the instrument's being dropped, are alternated with sections of thinner and elastically extendable material, such that the said jacket is within its extension capacities, elastically extendable lenghtwise, widthwise and heightwise, in relation to the varying dimensions of the instruments to be protected.
  • the present jacket has the form of a case 1 into which a remote control unit 2 can be introduced, for example through an end opening 3 envisaged at one of the ends of the case 1.
  • Said end opening 3 in conformity with Italian Patent no. 1,208,461 can be temporarily enlarged by elastic deformation of its perimeter edges, to allow the unit 2 to pass inside, and then to hold firm said unit 2 internally to prevent its accidentally sliding out.
  • the unit 2 may be inserted into the jacket through the top opening 4 envisaged on the upper face 5 of the jacket, said top opening 4 obviously being of the opportune dimensions and as before with the end opening 3, the edges of the top opening 4 being temporarily able to enlarge by elastic deformation.
  • the end opening 3 may not be necessary at all, for example in the case of instruments such as calculators or measuring instruments.
  • the end opening 3 will however be necessary in the protective jacket for remote control units, since the signals emanating from such units must pass out to the television or similar.
  • the case 1 can be realised by pressing in a foamed material, for example in polyeurethane.
  • a foamed material for example in polyeurethane.
  • Other materials, however, may also be used in the pressing, such as rubber or anyway an elastomer.
  • the case 1 has, relative to its top and bottom and sides, a particular structure in which sections 1a of good thickness and able to absorb blows resulting from bumps or falls, thanks to the characteristics of the material used, are intercalated by thin very elastic sections 1b (see for example figs. 2 and 4).
  • the case 1 is easily extendable lengthwise, widthwise and heightwise.
  • the case 1 can thus be adapted to the shape of the remote control unit or instruments of varying dimensions and shapes, however staying within the extension capacities of the case 1.
  • the case 1 in the embodiment of figs. 3, 4 and 5 has said thin sections 1b, at least on its larger sides (ie. top and bottom), v- or bow-shaped between the thick sections 1a.
  • Said thin sections 1b can also have a bow-shape in the extendable direction of the case of which they are part. A conformation of this kind is very effective for the envisaged aim.
  • the jacket in the embodiment illustrated in fig. 5, can have its thick sections 1a concentrated around the edges of the said jacket, and the thin sections 1b arranged all over the surfaces of the sides of the case 1 and comprising a continuity of connected v-shapes forming an overall bellows-pattern.
  • the sides of the case 1 can be open, as in fig.5, or closed. In this last case, the said closed sides have the same characteristics as the said thin sections 1b.
  • the remote control unit 2 or the other instrument to be protected can be introduced through one of the end openings 3, usable also for the passage of the emitted signals, or through the top opening 4 envisaged on the top surface.
  • the top opening 4 envisaged on the top surface On the bottom surface, battery hatches are easily reachable thanks to the spaces left uncovered by the case 1.

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EP91917742A 1990-10-16 1991-10-16 A protective jacket, in particular for remote control units for televisions, video recorders and other instruments for personal and professional use Expired - Lifetime EP0504359B1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IT00491590U IT224920Z2 (it) 1990-10-16 1990-10-16 Custodia protettiva antiurto in particolare per prodotti quali teleco-mandi per televisori, registratori, e apparecchi comandabili a distan-za in genere o anche strumenti ad uso personale o professionale.
IT491590U 1990-10-16
PCT/IT1991/000086 WO1992007372A1 (en) 1990-10-16 1991-10-16 A protective jacket, in particular for remote control units for televisions, video recorders and other instruments for personal and professional use

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EP0504359A1 EP0504359A1 (en) 1992-09-23
EP0504359B1 true EP0504359B1 (en) 1996-02-21

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AT (1) ATE134456T1 (it)
DE (1) DE69117278D1 (it)
ES (1) ES2044823T3 (it)
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IT9004915V0 (it) 1990-10-16
ES2044823T3 (es) 1996-05-16
IT224920Z2 (it) 1996-07-30
ES2044823T1 (es) 1994-01-16
DE69117278D1 (de) 1996-03-28
EP0504359A1 (en) 1992-09-23

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