JP2000333716A - Carrying case for portable computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an operability without taking out a computer from a case by forming a peep window corresponding to a display face and an operating part on an openable cover and providing a protecting cover for protecting the peep window so as to be openable. SOLUTION: A carrying case for a portable computer comprises a box type case body with an upper surface opened, an openable cover 30 for opening and closing the upper surface opening part of the case body and a protecting cover 40 for further opening and closing the upper surface of the openable cover 30. In the case body, a peep window 31 corresponding to a liquid crystal display and a pen-touch operating part of a PC is opened. On the openable cover 30, a pair of engaging means 34a are provided for holding the protecting cover 40 on the openable cover 30 while the protecting cover 40 is superposed thereon. While a case is carried, the protecting cover 40 protects the surface of the PC, particularly, the liquid display and a pen-touch operating part. The protecting cover 40 is opened to be bent on the back surface of the case body. The openable cover 30 is peeled from the peep window 31 of the openable cover 30 to operate the liquid display and the pen-touch operating part through the peep window 31 by an operating pen to improve an operability. Thus, the PC can be protected from a shock, rain, and the like and can be operated without taking out from the case.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a carrying case suitable for a portable computer (hereinafter, PC) used for fieldwork.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a surveying operation, information measured by a surveying instrument in the field is input as it is or manually into a PC via a cable, and a map or the like is created on site. Alternatively, in a census or other survey, survey data may be input to a PC at a survey location.

A PC used for such fieldwork
Although a suitable carrying case that can be used as it is for outdoor activities is desired, a carrying case suitable for a PC used for outdoor activities has not been known.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a carrying case that protects a PC used for field work from impacts and scratches, is resistant to dust and rain, and can operate the PC with high operability without taking it out of the carrying case. With the goal.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to a first aspect of the present invention, a carrying case includes a case main body for accommodating a portable computer, and an opening / closing lid for opening and closing the case main body. Forming a viewing window corresponding to the display surface and the operation unit of the portable computer,
Further, a protective lid for protecting the viewing window is provided on the openable / closable lid so as to be openable / closable. According to this carrying case, the portable computer inside, especially its display surface can be protected by the protective cover during transportation, and the protective cover can be opened and used as it is during field work. It is preferable that a hard plate is incorporated in the protective lid to ensure protection, and a pocket for storing accessories and the like is provided on an outer surface thereof. In addition, it is desirable that a transparent film cover is detachably provided on the viewing window for waterproofing and dustproofing.

[0006] The portable computer generates considerable heat when the power is turned on, and this heat may hinder stable operation. In order to eliminate this fear, it is desirable to form a heat-dissipating opening in the case body corresponding to the heat-generating portion of the portable computer housed in the case body. In addition, in order to enable battery replacement while the portable computer is inserted in the case body, it is preferable to provide a battery replacement cover that can be opened and closed corresponding to the battery case position of the portable computer housed in the case body.

[0007] A locking device for locking the protective cover to the open / close lid is provided between the open / close lid and the protective lid. Between the case body and the protective lid, a protective cover opened from the open / close lid and bent to the back of the case body. It is preferable to provide a locking tool for locking the lid to the case body.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a case main body having a case main body for accommodating a portable computer; and a viewing window formed corresponding to a display surface and an operation portion of the portable computer accommodated in the case main body. Opening / closing lid for opening / closing; a neck strap to be hung on an operator's neck, both ends of which are fixed to the case main body; Waist belt. According to this aspect, since the case body can be held on the worker's body by both the neck strap and the waist belt, the worker can use both hands freely, and the waist belt can slide with respect to the case end. This is convenient when, for example, it is desired to work close to a surveying instrument without using a portable computer. It is preferable that the case main body is provided with a collective belt for fixing the waist belt to the outer surface of the case main body.

According to still another aspect of the carrying case of the present invention, a case main body accommodating a portable computer; an opening / closing lid for opening and closing the case main body; and an opening / closing portion between the case main body and the opening / closing lid. , A double fastener having two fastener knobs. According to this aspect, a gap can be formed between the two fastener knobs, and since the positions of the two fastener knobs are arbitrary, the cable from the portable computer can be pulled out regardless of its position. Benefits are obtained. In this aspect, in order to prevent the portable computer from falling off when the double fastener is inadvertently opened, separately from the double fastener, between the case body and the open / close lid, the open prevention that holds the open / close lid in the closed position is provided. Preferably, a locking device is provided.

[0010]

FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 show an example of a PC 10 housed in a carrying case 100 of the present embodiment. The PC 10 is a pen touch type in this embodiment, and has a liquid crystal display 11 and a pen touch operation unit 12 on the front surface, and a heat radiating unit 13 and a battery chamber 14 on the back surface.
Having. The battery compartment 14 can be opened and closed by an opening / closing lid 14a, and a stored battery can be replaced.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, the carrying case 100 has a box-shaped case body 20 having an open upper surface, an open / close lid opening / closing lid 30 for opening / closing an upper surface open portion of the case body 20, A protective lid 40 for further opening and closing the upper surface of the lid 30 is provided. The case body 20 has an outer cover 21 made of a flexible material such as cloth, synthetic leather, and leather, and a box-shaped protective member 22 with an open upper surface, which is placed in the outer cover 21. The protective member 22 is made of a hard sponge or other material having a shape retaining force and an impact relaxation property.
In a portion corresponding to the heat radiating portion 13 and the battery chamber 14 of C10, a heat radiating opening 23 and a battery replacement opening 24 are formed. The outer cover 21 is provided with a net material 25 corresponding to the heat radiation opening 23, and a battery replacement lid 27 which can be opened and closed with a fastener 26 corresponding to the battery replacement opening 24. The protection member 22 is also formed with a notch 22a for taking out a cable from the PC 10.

A pair of locking hooks 29a for locking both ends of the neck strap 29 are provided on the outer surfaces of both sides of the case body 20.

The opening / closing lid 30 is made of a flexible material such as cloth, synthetic leather, leather or the like.
(The outer skin 21), and is connected to one side edge of the case body 20.
Can be opened and closed on top. The case body 20 includes a PC 1
0 is provided with a viewing window 31 corresponding to the liquid crystal display 11 and the pen touch operation unit 12, and a transparent film cover 33 is detachable on the back side of the viewing window 31 by a hook-and-loop fastener 32 (FIG. 2). It is provided in.
Further, the opening / closing lid 30 is provided with a pair of locking members 34 for holding the protective lid 40 on the opening / closing lid 30 in a stacked state.

A fastener 35 is provided at an opening / closing portion of the case main body 20 and the opening / closing lid 30 extending over three sides of a rectangular shape. The fastener 35 is a double fastener having two fastener knobs 36. As is well known, the double fastener 35 is fully opened when the fastener knobs 36 are moved to both ends 35e thereof, and even if any of the two fastener knobs 36 is moved from the both ends 35e, the amount of the movement of the fastener 35 is equal to the amount of the movement. Can be closed. The advantage of this double fastener is that no matter where the two fastener knobs 36 are brought together,
Can be closed, and a gap (cable lead-out portion) 35x (FIG. 3) can be formed between the two fastener knobs 36 located at arbitrary positions. Open / close lid 30
On the side of the pen touch computer operation pen 16
A pen holder 38 for holding (FIGS. 4 and 5) is provided.

Between the case body 20 and the opening / closing lid 30, apart from the fastener 35, an opening prevention locking member 37 (belt 3).
7a and a hook 37b) are provided. The opening prevention locking member 37 locks the belt 37a and the hook 37b in a state where the opening / closing lid 30 is closed on the case main body 20, and opens and closes so that the PC 10 inside does not fall off even when the fastener 35 is opened. This is for holding the lid 30 in the closed position.

A protective cover 40 provided on the opening / closing lid 30 so as to be openable / closable is connected to the opening / closing lid 30 (case main body 20) on the same side as the connection edge between the case body 20 and the opening / closing lid 30.
The protective cover 40 has a function of protecting the liquid crystal display 11 and the pen touch operation unit 12 of the stored PC 10 and a function of holding various accessories and the like, and has a hard plate (for example, veneer plate) 41 embedded therein. , On its outer surface,
A pocket 43 that can be opened and closed by a fastener 42 is provided. In addition, a locking hole 44 corresponding to the locking tool 34 of the opening / closing lid 30 is provided, the protection lid 40 is overlapped on the opening / closing lid 30, the locking tool 34 is fitted into the locking hole 44, and the locking knob 34 a is rotated. Then, the protection lid 40 is locked on the opening / closing lid 30.

A belt insertion hole 51 into which the waist belt 50 is slidably inserted is provided on the connection edge side between the case body 20 and the opening / closing lid 30. This belt insertion hole 51
Is provided at the center in the width direction of the carrying case 100 with a length of about 2/3 of the entire width. In the vicinity of the belt insertion hole 51, an openable / closable attachment / detachment device 5 for holding the collected waist belt 50 in the carrying case 100 is provided.
A pair of gathering belts 52 with 2a are provided. The waist belt 50 has an attachment / detachment tool 50a (FIGS. 1, 4, and 7) for attaching and detaching to and from a waist of an operator.

The case body 20 and the opening / closing lid 30 are respectively sewn with a pair of hand-held belts 53 whose positions match when the opening / closing lid 30 is closed on the case body 20. When the protective cover 40 is opened from the opening / closing lid 30 and positioned on the back of the case body 20 (FIG. 3), the protective cover 40 is locked by passing through a hand-held belt 53. Belt 45 with a hook-and-loop fastener 45a for holding the belt at a position close to the case body 20 (FIGS. 1 and 7)
Is provided.

The carrying case 100 having the above structure is
In use, the fastener 35 is opened by the fastener knob 36, the case body 20 is opened with respect to the opening / closing lid 30, and the PC 10 is put into the case body 20. At this time, the heat radiating portion 13 and the battery chamber 14 of the PC 10 correspond to the heat radiating opening 23 and the battery replacement opening 24 of the case body 20. Next, the fastener 35 is closed using the fastener knob 36, and the belt 37a and the hook 37b of the opening prevention locking member 37 are engaged. A transparent film cover 33 is attached to the viewing window 31 of the opening / closing lid 30. A protective lid 40 is overlapped (closed) on the opening / closing lid 30, and a locking hole 44 is fitted to the locking tool 34. Turn the locking knob 34a to prevent it from falling off. The waist belt 50 is collectively held in the carrying case 100 by the collecting belt 52 (FIG. 4). In this state, the user carries the neck strap 29 or the carrying belt 53 to the outdoor activity point.
In this transport state, the protective member 22 of the case body 20 is PC
10 and the protective lid 40 (the hard plate 41 inside) is PC1
0, especially the liquid crystal display 11 and the pen touch operation unit 12 are protected.

When working on site, the locking knob 34a
To open the protective lid 40, bend it to the back of the case body 20, and hook the locking belt 45 to the hand-held belt 53 using the hook-and-loop fastener 45a (FIG. 3). Also,
If it is not rainy, open / close lid 3
0 is peeled off, and the liquid crystal display 11 and the pen touch operation unit 12 of the PC 10 are exposed from the viewing window 31. The fitted transparent film cover 33 can be rolled and placed in the pocket 43 of the protective lid 40. In the case of rain, when the dust is severe, etc., the transparent film cover 33 is held in the viewing window 31 without being peeled off. When necessary, the cable 17 (FIG. 3) connected to the input terminal of the PC 10 is taken out of the notch 22 a of the protective member 22 of the case main body 20, and is pulled out from the cable lead-out portion 35 x between the two fastener knobs 36. Get out. As described above, the fastener 35 having two fastener knobs 36 connects the cable lead-out portion 35 between the two fastener knobs 36.
Since x can be set, the place where the cable 17 exits is not selected. The cable 17 is connected to, for example, an output terminal of a surveying instrument.

Next, the neck strap 29 whose both ends are connected to the locking hooks 29a of the case body 20 is put around the neck of the worker. In addition, the collecting belt 52 is removed, the waist belt 50 is released, and the waist belt 50 is wrapped around the operator's waist with the attaching / detaching tool 50a and fixed. In this state, since the operator has both hands free, the operator can operate the liquid crystal display 11 and the pen touch operation unit 12 with the operation pen 16 through the viewing window 31 (or the transparent film cover 33), thereby improving workability. . When the PC 10 is in the way when approaching the surveying instrument, the belt insertion hole 51 (the carrying case 100) is slid with respect to the waist belt 50 fixed to the worker's waist, and The PC 10 (carrying case 100) can be moved to the side of the body of the user.

During the work of turning on the power of the PC 10,
10 generates heat, and the heat is discharged from the heat radiating portion 13. This heat is discharged to the outside through the heat radiation opening 23 of the case main body 20 and the net material 25, so that the PC 10 can be used in a stable state. When the battery is replaced, the carrying case 100 is turned upside down (FIG. 8).
The battery replacement cover 27 is opened via the fastener 26. Then, the battery can be replaced by opening the battery chamber 14 (opening / closing lid 14a) of the PC 10. That is, the battery can be replaced without removing the entire PC 10 from the carrying case 100, and the workability is improved. A spare battery and the cable 17 can be stored in the pocket 43 of the protective lid 40.

In the above embodiment, a pen touch type computer is exemplified as the PC 10, but the present invention can be applied regardless of the type of the computer.

[0024]

According to the carrying case of the present invention, particularly, a portable computer used for field work is shocked,
Protects against dust, rain and scratches, and can be operated with high operability without taking it out of the carrying case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a carrying case of a portable computer according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is cut in half.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a protective lid and an opening / closing lid of a case main body are opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an example of a work state during field work.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a state during carrying.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state where a protective lid is opened.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of only the base of the main body.

FIG. 7 is a detailed view in a cross section of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view seen from the back surface.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a portable computer stored in the carrying case.

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Portable computer 11 Liquid crystal display 12 Pen touch operation part 13 Heat radiation part 14 Battery compartment 16 Operation pen 17 Cable 20 Case main body 21 Outer skin 22 Protective material 23 Heat radiation opening 24 Battery exchange opening 25 Net material 26 Fastener 27 Battery exchange lid 29 Neck strap 29a locking hook 30 opening / closing lid 31 viewing window 32 surface fastener 33 transparent film cover 34 locking tool 35 fastener (double fastener) 35e both ends 36 fastener knob 37 opening prevention locking tool 38 pen holder 40 protective cover 41 hard plate 42 fastener 43 pocket 44 Locking hole 45 Locking belt 50 Waist belt 51 Belt insertion hole 52 Collecting belt 53 Carrying belt 100 Carrying case

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A case body for accommodating a portable computer; an opening / closing lid for opening and closing the case body;
A carrying case for a portable computer, comprising: a viewing window formed in correspondence with a display surface and an operation unit of the portable computer housed in a case main body; and a protective lid further openably and closably provided on the opening and closing lid. 2. The carrying case according to claim 1, wherein a heat radiation opening is formed in the case main body so as to correspond to a heat generating portion of a portable computer housed in the case main body. 3. The carrying case according to claim 1, wherein the carrying case has a transparent film cover detachable from the viewing window. 4. The carrying case according to claim 1, wherein a battery exchange lid is openable and closable on the case main body in correspondence with a battery case position of a portable computer housed in the case main body. Carrying case provided. 5. The carrying case according to claim 1, wherein the protective lid has a built-in hard plate and an outer surface provided with a pocket. 6. The carrying case according to claim 1, wherein:
A carrying case provided with a locking device for locking the protective lid to the opening / closing lid. 7. The carrying case according to claim 1, wherein a protective cover opened from an opening / closing cover and bent to the back of the case body is engaged with the case body between the case body and the protective cover. Carrying case equipped with a locking tool. 8. A case body for accommodating the portable computer; and an opening / closing lid for opening and closing the case body, having a viewing window formed corresponding to a display surface and an operation unit of the portable computer accommodated in the case body. In the carrying case, a neck strap to be hung on an operator's neck, both ends of which are fixed to the case main body; and a neck strap to be slidable with respect to the case main body, to be fixed to an operator's waist; A carrying case for a portable computer, characterized in that: 9. The carrying case according to claim 8, wherein the case main body is provided with a collective belt for fixing the waist belt to the outer surface of the case main body. 10. A case body for accommodating a portable computer; an opening / closing lid for opening and closing the case body; and a double fastener having two fastener knobs for opening / closing an opening / closing portion between the case body and the opening / closing lid. A carrying case for a portable computer, characterized in that: 11. The carrying case according to claim 10, wherein an opening preventing locking member is provided between the case body and the opening / closing lid separately from the double fastener to hold the opening / closing lid in a closed position. carrying case.