ES1067643U - Pointer device which can be secured to the user's finger - Google Patents

Abstract

Pointer device attached to the user's finger, designed so that it can be held in different positions of the fingers of a hand, specially designed for use as a pointer element for handling electronic devices such as diaries, navigators, PDAs (personal digital assistant), GPS (global positioning system), etc., whose design allows reducing the probability of losing the pointer together with more precise access to the positions to which you want to access, characterized by the fact that it comprises a cylindrical body (2) which at one end has a tip portion (2'') and at the other end is associated with a ring-shaped finger holding base (3). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Pointer device attached to the finger of the Username.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a Pointer device attached to the user's finger, which provides  essential novelty features and remarkable advantages with regarding the means known and used for the same purposes in the current state of the art.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the design and development of a device that materializes a pointer conceived from a ring-shaped base, thimble or similar, trained to hold at will on different fingers hand in hand, especially intended to serve as an element of pointer for handling electronic devices such as agendas, browsers, PDAs (personal digital assistant), GPS (global positioning system), etc., replacing the traditional pointers, with the added feature that the pointer of the invention, being of reduced size, the mode of clamping provided by the invention decreases the chances of loss of this and provides greater and better operability by user part.

The scope of the invention is is within the industrial sector dedicated to the manufacture of  accessory and complementary elements, in particular elements for the activation of electronic devices.

Background and summary of the invention

It is a widely spread practice that has experienced in recent years a very significant evolution in increasingly large sectors of the population, the use of equipment pockets of an electronic nature, such as, for example, electronic agendas, PDAs (personal digital assistant), GPS (global positioning system), etc. in which, for your operation is practically essential to perform the pulsations by means of pointers specially built for that application, and through which the touch screens are selected certain symbols shown by the latter, as well as others references and even small keys. These pointers, as is known, they have a longitudinal configuration, generally cylindrical and / or pointed ends with a certain taper, with dimensions that provide an easy grip with the hand, usually composed of an appropriate material that never causes damage to said touch screens incorporated by the referred teams.

The dimensions of the pointers referred to in Above are highly advantageous for your dresser handling and ease to be stored practically in a pocket, in the bag, in some cavity or hollow of the car, etc., but precisely because they are small, they also have some inconvenience, such as the fact that they can get lost easily, even on occasions when it has just been used the pointer while other activities are being performed simultaneous in which it becomes necessary to have the free hand, of so that the user is obliged to release it and return it to  catch repeatedly.

A practical way to prevent the pointer from lose or have to stop the activity that is performed repeatedly to locate it again when used, what provides the pointer realization design conceived by the present invention, thereby providing a useful means for solve the problems presented by the pointers of the current technique, and just mentioned briefly.

The embodiment referred to in the  present invention, specifically consists of a type of pointer of varied structures and longitudinal dimensions, configured to from a ring-shaped base, thimble or similar that serves as a means of attachment during use indistinctly on the user's preference finger, as well as also in any section of its length, evidencing convenient handling of the screens of said equipment electronic

The finger grip mode presented by the proposed device, allows the user to perform jointly any other activity by hand without saying device must necessarily be removed from the finger. This It represents a great advantage compared to the pointers of the current technique, since the possibility of loss to which has been alluded to in the foregoing.

Brief description of the drawings

These and other features and advantages of the invention, will become apparent from the description detailed that follows in a preferred embodiment, given only as an illustrative and non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a schematic view in perspective of a pointing device based on ring;

Figure 2 shows an elevation view of the device according to figure 1, in state of use;

Figure 3 shows an elevation view of a pointer device with thimble-shaped base, placed conveniently on a user's finger;

Figure 4 shows a schematic view in elevation of a device with thimble type base applied along of a user's finger;

Figure 5 shows an elevation view of a Pointer device conceived with a conical body, Y

Figure 6 shows an elevation view of a pointer device of substantially prolonged length, provided in the part corresponding to the third phalanx of a finger.

Description of a preferred embodiment

As indicated above, the  detailed description of the corresponding pointing device with the proposal of the invention, it will be carried out in what continue with the help of the attached drawings, through which they use numerical references to designate the different parts of which it is composed.

Thus, as can be seen in Figure 1, represents a pointing device signaled by the numerical reference 1, for its application in the management of agendas electronic, PDA, etc., whose clamping base 3 takes the form of ring, so that it can be positioned in the corresponding part to the first 4 'phalanx of the finger that best suits the user. Said device 1 has a cylindrical body 2 for cutting length, ending with a 2 'tip-shaped end edge, although in other manufacturing variants said body may be of prolonged length 2b, as the example shown in the Figure 3, where even the device can be arranged in the part corresponding to the third phalanx 4 '' of finger 4.

The present invention admits to being brought to the practice through materialization in accordance with a broad diversity of design possibilities of the pointing device at referred to, which allows the user to choose the realization that best suits your needs, among whose mentioned embodiments can be seen the one that appears in figure 5 of the drawings, constructed as a thimble 5, and that it is shown along with the representation of a complete hand 6, to effects of indicating the possibility of positioning convenience in the part corresponding to the first phalanx of the 4 finger that suits the user, with the tip 2 'outstanding by the outer edge of the end of the thimble-type clamping base 5. On the other hand, according to another possible embodiment which is shown in figure 6, the clamping base of the Pointer device features a case-shaped configuration 5 'of predetermined length, which determines the formation of a liner-shaped body extended longitudinally along of the user's finger 4, so that he can cover on said finger the part corresponding to the second or third phalanges.

According to another manufacturing variant alternative considered by the present invention, and that has been represented in figure 4, the pointing device 1 presents a configuration provided with a base that can be by way of ring, but with a conical body 2a, of prolonged length to a dimension such that it allows a user to work comfortably with the device, arranged in the part corresponding to the second or third phalanx of the finger.

It is not considered necessary to make the content of the present description so that an expert in the matter can understand its scope and the advantages of it they are derived, as well as carrying out their practical realization.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and given that the description given corresponds only to certain preferred embodiments, it will be understood that within the Essentiality of the invention modifications may be made without this implies any alteration of the basis of said invention, being able to affect such modifications, especially manufacturing materials of the assembly or its parts and the object of work for which it has been designed.

Claims (5)

1. Pointer device attached to the user's finger, designed so that it can be held in different positions of the fingers of one hand, specially designed for use as a pointer element for handling electronic devices such as agendas, browsers, PDAs (personal digital assistant), GPS (global positioning system), etc., whose design allows to reduce the chances of loss of the pointer along with more precise access to the positions that you want to access, characterized in that it comprises a cylindrical body (2) which at one end has a tip portion (2 ') and at the other end is associated with a finger-shaped base shaped as a ring (3). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cylindrical body (2b) extends longitudinally along the user's finger. 3. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a body (2a) of generally conical shape. 4. Pointer device with finger grip, characterized in that the clamping base takes the form of a thimble (5). 5. Device according to claim 4, characterized in that the clamping base takes the form of a sheath (5 ') of greater length than the thimble (5).