FR2517938A1 - Case for dismountable car radio - has fixed one piece base and other securing and connecting components. - Google Patents

Abstract

A rectangular container has a hand or shoulder strap attached. The radio fits into the case with its control panel uppermost, and a flat folds over it and is held by a fastener. Inside the case is divided into compartments, the main one being for the radio. A lower compartment holds two loudspeakers, and a telescopic aerial for use with the set. A series of batteries is also included to run the set when out of the car. These may be conventional dry cells, or may be rechargeable. A terminal on the side allows for connection to recharge the batteries. A multiple connector links the radio unit into the battery, loudspeakers, and aerial terminals of the casing. The aerial is telescopic and can be fitted into the loudspeaker housing when not in use. (First major country equivalent to PT--74854).

Description

 The present invention relates to a kind of suitcase, bag or briefcase particularly suitable for or for receiving removable radio stations. We know that the development of thefts of car radio stations and cassette player stations for cars in general has led to the construction of removable radio stations.

 These removable stations include a mobile board on which the device is fixed and which is normally incorporated in a fixed cover, blocked on the dashboard of the vehicle.

 This mobile board and this fixed cover now have unified dimensions and reciprocal engagement members.

 We also know that when the owner must leave the vehicle unattended, he can extract the radio set mounted on the mobile board from the corresponding housing and take it with him to avoid theft.

 It is obvious that carrying a car radio with you is not without some discomfort, due to the weight and volume of the latter, especially when you have errands, commissions and business to do.

 In addition, it is not currently possible to use a radio set of this kind when it is extracted from its corresponding board, for example at home or outdoors.

 The invention presents a case made in the form of a bag or a suitcase which, while allowing a convenient transport of the post, contains the organs necessary for its operation outside the car. According to the invention, the proposed bag is constituted by a suitcase of parallelepiped shape, accessible at least at the top, subdivided into a series of compartments in order to accommodate the receiving members or the fixed cover of the unified type of a demountable radio station as well as the accessories intended for its operation and, possibly, certain personal objects of the owner of the station.

 This suitcase (or bag), according to the invention, provides a first compartment consisting of a fixed board of the unified type intended to receive a car radio which comprises, in known manner, a multiple connector for connecting the device to a loudspeaker, at least one antenna and at least one electrical supply system, said accessories being housed in other compartments of the bag.

 The different compartments are accessible by appropriate tabs and the suitcase can be fitted, outside, with a compartment or a pocket at least to accommodate documents or personal objects or anything else.

 The transport of a radio station is thus made extremely convenient since it can be removed from the corresponding vehicle at the desired time and also used in various ways in the usual way for example, in closed premises, at home or elsewhere and outside.

In order to better understand the characteristics and the constructive advantages of the invention, reference is made below to the figures of the attached sketch boards oA:
Fig.l is a perspective view of the invention, open at the top and into which a detachable type radio station has been introduced;
Fig.2 is a front view thereof;
Fig.3 is a section on the axis III-III of Fig.2.

 From these figures, it can be seen that the suitcase in question is constituted by a hollow body of parallelepiped shape (1), with rectangular base.

The hollow parallelepiped body (1) can be made
Dried in leather, canvas or cardboard, reinforced or not, externally coated with an adequate layer of synthetic or natural material.

 At the top of the side walls of this parallelepipudic body (1) are articulated the opposite ends of a strap (2) which allows the invention to be carried in the hand or to carry it on someone's shoulder. The parallelepepedic body (1) is open at the upper part and can be closed by means of a tab (3), the closure of which is ensured by a suitable lock (4) provided on its edge and on the front wall of the body (1).

 Inside, as can best be seen from the assembly formed by Figs. 1 and 2, the parallelepipedic body (1) is subdivided into compartments by transverse and longitudinal partitions which have not been shown. in detail for the clarity and simplicity of the drawing.

 One of these compartments which, on Fiv. 1, has been indicated by the numerical reference (5), is located in front of the opening of the parallelepipedic body (1) and receives a fixed board (6) of unified type, blocked on the walls and body partitions (1) by rivets and other equivalent blocking devices.

 As can be clearly seen in Fiv. 1, the fixed board (6) is intended to receive a radio station (7) or a station with cassette player of removable type, which is inserted and locked on the corresponding movable board ( bowl, also of unified type.

 In the usual way, the fixed board (6) is provided on its own rear face or bottom, as can best be seen in Fig. 2 with a multiple electrical connector (9) which connects the station (7) to the accessories which will be better described later, exactly as we do at. the interior of the corresponding motor vehicle.

 The electrical circuits of this connection have been omitted since they are usual and identical to those provided on a vehicle fitted with a car radio (7).

 Via this multiple connector (9), the station (7) is connected to a telescopic steerable antenna (1Q) provided on a side wall of the body (1) below the compartment used to house the device (7 ).

 Opposite this antenna (10), that is to say at the base of the parallelepipedic body (1) and below the compartment (5) there is a second compartment (11! Where two speakers are housed ( 12) (Figs. 2 and 3) and in which is incorporated a case for the antenna (10).

 On the side of this second compartment (11) and still at the base of the parallelepipedic body (1) there is a third compartment (13) which serves as a chamber for housing a series of batteries (14).

 These batteries can be of the normal type, that is to say that they can be replaced when they are discharged, or of the rechargeable type.

 Immediately above this third compartment (13) and on the opposite side walls of the body (1) where the mounting of the antenna (10) is provided there is a socket (15) for a battery charger which was not represented.

 The second and third compartments of the parallelepiped body (1), located at the base of the latter and which have been designated respectively by the pins (11) and (13) are made accessible by a lower tab (16) which can be blocked on the anterior wall of the body (1) by means of automatic buttons (17) or any other equivalent fixing member, for example by the male and female bands of the device normally sold under the brand VELCR0.

 It is obvious that the latter device can be used in place of the lock (4) for closing the upper tab or flap (35.

 It is specified that the loudspeakers are fixed to this lower tab and that the corresponding compartment is also arranged to receive the sheath or the case of the antenna (10) when the latter is not deployed.

 Above the third compartment (13) and on the side of the first compartment (5) there is provided a fourth and last compartment or housing (18) accessible by the upper flap (3).

 According to the invention, this compartment (18) can be used in different ways.

 It may for example be used as housing for a transformer-rectifier intended to supply the station (7) from the usual electrical network, obviously excluding the supply of the latter by the group of rechargeable batteries or batteries (14) or not.

 Preferably, the housing or compartment (18) is arranged to receive the battery charger or batteries mentioned above or the cassettes of the magnetic tapes to be introduced into the device (7).

 Finally, between the upper leg (3) and the front leg (16), on the front wall of the parallelepiped body (1) there is provided a pocket (19), provided with a closure of the type commonly called "zipper" or any other type also, fitted to receive documents and / or personal items from the owner of the device (7).

 From the above, it appears with clear evidence that the invention allows the convenient tr-ansport of a car radio or a cassette player station of removable type when the latter has been removed from its appropriate location provided on the motor vehicle, and the use of this station in other places such as for example at home and in other places as well as outside.

Claims (6)

 1. Suitcase for detachable type radio station, characterized in that it provides for several compartments among which at least one of them is constituted by a fixed board (6), of unified type, intended to receive the radio station of removable type (7), where at least one of them receives fixed inside the speaker or speakers which are mounted on the wall of the suitcase and where at least one of them comprises the electrical supply devices of the radio station, the electrical connections between the three compartments in question being provided so as to connect in working order the members which are housed therebetween and to an external antenna.  2. Suitcase for a detachable type radio station, according to claim 1, characterized in that at least three compartments are accessible from the outside by means of suitable closing tabs or flaps.  3. Suitcase for a detachable type radio station, according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the electrical supply members consist of a series of non-rechargeable dry cells.  4. Suitcase for a detachable type radio station, according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the electrical supply members comprise a series of rechargeable batteries and a corresponding battery charger.  5. Suitcase for detachable type radio station, according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that said electrical supply members are constituted by a transformer-rectifier.  6. Suitcase for a detachable type radio station, according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the external antenna is a telescopic orientable antenna which can be introduced into the loudspeaker compartment when it is not being used.