JP2001337742A - Protecting cover for portable information terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high versatility protecting cover being utilized not only as a protecting cover for a portable information terminal device, but also as a holder for a mobile communication terminal like a cellular phone and so on. SOLUTION: The portable information terminal device 2 includes a groove 21 being longitudinally formed on front/rear or right/left sides and ranging toward at least the right/left or front/rear sides, a pair of rising plates 12, 13 with respect to the groove 21 at a front/rear or right/left edges on the upper edge of the ceiling panel 11 of the protecting cover 1 that have engaging claws 12a, 13a freely sliding along the groove 21, an attaching plate 14 being formed at one side of the right/left or front/rear edges that is one edge of the rising plates 12, 13, concave forming parts 15 being formed between at least one side of the pair of rising plates 12, 13 and the attaching plate 14. The width Y of the concave forming parts 15 is wider than that of the mobile communication terminal so that the mobile communication terminal can be inserted into the concave forming parts 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a protective cover for protecting an information portable terminal device such as a computer, and more particularly to a protective cover for an information portable terminal device which can also be used as a holder for a mobile communication terminal such as a portable telephone. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-23125, a portable telephone is held in a box-shaped main body, and an L-shaped locking portion is provided on an upper edge of an opening / closing lid of a computer. There is provided a holder for fixing a mobile phone to the opening / closing lid by locking and holding the opening / closing lid with a holding piece.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional device, the holder must be used only for a mobile phone, cannot be used as a protective cover for a computer, is inferior in versatility, and has a large mobile phone. In such a case, there is a problem that the mobile phone may not be able to be held without entering the box.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is not limited to a protective cover for a portable information terminal device,
An object of the present invention is to provide a highly versatile protective cover that can be used as a holder of a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a protection cover for an information portable terminal device is a protection cover for an information portable terminal device to be attached to the information portable terminal device. On the front and rear or left and right side surfaces, at least one of the left and right or front and rear grooves is formed in the longitudinal direction thereof, while the top surface of the protective cover is formed on the front and rear or left and right side edges corresponding to the grooves, at the upper end. A pair of rising surfaces having fitting claws slidable along the groove are formed, and a contact surface is formed on one of left, right, front and rear side edges serving as one end of the rising surfaces, and the pair of rising surfaces is further formed. A cutout portion into which the mobile communication terminal can be inserted is formed in a portion of at least one of the rising surfaces connected to the contact surface.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the width of the notch is larger than the width of the mobile communication terminal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the protective cover of the portable information terminal device, the groove is formed over the front, rear, left and right sides of the portable information terminal device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the protective cover for an information portable terminal device, height adjusting means for adjusting a height position of the mobile communication terminal inserted and arranged in the notch is provided on the top surface. It was done.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a protective cover for an information portable terminal device, wherein the top surface or the contact surface is provided with positioning means for positioning a front / rear position of the mobile communication terminal disposed in the notch. It was done.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a protective cover of a portable information terminal device according to the present invention.

The protective cover 1 is a portable information terminal device 2 (hereinafter referred to as PD) such as a computer which can be easily carried.
Called A. ) To protect the flat top surface 1
1, a front rising surface 12 raised from a front edge of the top surface 11, a rear rising surface 13 raised from a rear edge of the top surface 11, and a right side of the top surface 11 in FIG. And a right-side rising surface 14 as a contact surface rising from the edge.

The size of the top surface 11 is the size of the PD of the PDA 2.
The main body 2a is formed to have substantially the same size as the bottom surface.

The front rising surface 12 and the rear rising surface 13
A mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a PDC) 3 such as a mobile phone as shown in FIG. 2 is provided at a portion connected to the right-side rising surface 14. An insertable cutout 15 is formed.

The width Y of the notch 15 is longer than the width X of the PDC 3 (Y> X).

A groove 21 is formed in the front side surface and the rear side surface of the PDA main body 2a at a substantially central portion thereof over the entire left-right direction which is the longitudinal direction. The grooves 21 are slidably provided on the upper edges of the surface 12 and the rear rising surface 13.
) Of fitting claws 12a and 13a are respectively provided to protrude inward. That is, the heights of the front rising surface 12 and the rear rising surface 13 are set such that the heights of the fitting claws 12 a and 13 a correspond to the grooves 21.

The PDA main body 2a is provided with a display section 22 made of liquid crystal or the like on its upper surface, and various keys 23 as input means.

The PDC 3 is provided with a display unit 31 at the upper part of the upper surface thereof and various keys 3 at the lower part of the upper surface.
2 are provided, and an antenna 33 is provided on the upper part.

Next, the protective cover 1 constructed as described above.
The use of is explained.

First, when using only PDA2, P
On the right side of the DA2, the fitting claws 12a, 13a of the protective cover 1 are matched with the grooves 21 of the PDA 2, and in this state, the fitting claws 12a, 13a are slid to the left along the grooves 21 to form the protective cover 1. PD on right side rising surface 14
By arranging it to a position where it comes into contact with the right side surface of A3, its top surface 11 is
b (see FIG. 4), which is located below PDA2.
It can be used as a cradle.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the protective cover 1 has its fitting claws 12a and 13a fitted to the grooves 21 of the PDA main body 2a.
, So that it does not fall off from the PDA main body 2a and can sufficiently fulfill the function as a receiving stand. Also, the fitting claws 12a, 13a
If the dimensions of the fitting claws 12a and 13a and the groove 21 are set in advance so that the groove 21 slides the groove 21 with a certain resistance load, as shown in FIG.
When the device is mounted on the PDA 2 as a receiving stand, it is possible to prevent the device from being accidentally slid in the direction opposite to the removal side, and to maintain the mounted state. The notch 15 is moved rightward by forcibly sliding the protective cover 1 attached to the PDA 2 in the opposite direction with a force overcoming the resistance.
When the PDC 3 moves together with this, the PDC 3
It can be easily removed together with.

Reference numeral 24 shown in FIG. 4 is a substrate having a PDA 2 drive circuit and the like.

When the PDA 2 is not used, the protective cover 1 is turned upside down.
2 fits into the groove 21 of the PDA 2 on the right side
2a and 13a are matched with each other, and the fitting claws 12a and 13a are
By sliding the protection cover 1 to the left along the right side of the PDA 2 while sliding the protection cover 1 to the left along the right side of the PDA 2, the top surface 11 of the PDA main body 2a is placed on the top surface 11 as shown in FIG. It can be used as a protective cover that covers and protects.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the fitting claws 12a, 13a of the protective cover 1 have the grooves 21a of the PDA main body 2a.
The mounting state is maintained in the same manner as when the above-mentioned cradle is used, and the same can be removed.

Next, when the PDC 3 is connected and the PDA 2 is used, first, as shown in FIG. 7, the protective cover 1 is placed with the top surface 11 down as shown in FIG. The PDC 3 is arranged in the notch 15 of the protective cover 1. In the same manner as described above, the fitting claw is aligned with the groove 21 of the PDA 2 on the right side of the PDA 2, and in this state, the fitting claw is slid along the groove 21 to the left as indicated by the arrow and protected together with the PDC 3. The cover 1 is moved. As a result, first, PDC3 sets P as shown in FIG.
By contacting the right side surface of the DA main body 2a and further sliding the protective cover 1, the right-side rising surface 14 is brought into contact with the PDC.
3, whereby the PDC 3 is held between the right side surface of the PDA main body 2 a and the right side rising surface 14 of the protective cover 1 as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

At this time, the protective cover 1 has the fitting claws 12a, 13a engaged with the grooves 21 of the PDA main body 2a as described above, and the fitting claws 12a, 13a.
Since the dimensions of the groove 21 and the groove 21 are set in advance so as not to be inadvertently slid in the direction opposite to the removal side, the PDC
Reference numeral 3 is stably held in a mounted state mechanically fixed by the right side surface of the PDA main body 2a and the right side rising surface 14 of the protective cover 1.

Then, by electrically connecting the PDC 3 and the PDA 2 using a conventionally known cable or the like (not shown), the PDA 2 can be used using the PDC 3.

That is, by using the protective cover 1 as described above, the protective cover 1 can also function as a holder for the PDC 3 together with the pedestal for the PDA 2.

As described above, the protective cover 1 of the present invention
It can be used as a pedestal for DA2, as a protective cover for the surface of PDA2, and also as a holder for PDC3. It has excellent versatility and can be easily used by simple operation.

The width Y of the notch 15 is made larger than the width X of the PDC 3, and the PDC 3 is sandwiched between the right side surface of the PDA 2 and the right side rising surface 14 of the protective cover 1. As long as the PDC 3 has a width smaller than the width Y of the portion 15, it can be applied as a holder for various PDCs 3.

In this embodiment, the case where the protective cover 1 is slid from the right side to the left side of the PDA 2 and mounted is described. However, the grooves 21 are formed on the front side and the rear side as in this embodiment. When the protective cover 1 is formed over the entirety, the protective cover 1 can be attached from the left side of the PDA 2 (see FIG. 11). The mounting operation and the mounting state in this case are the same as those described above, and the description is omitted.

In the present embodiment, the groove 21 is
Although the one formed on the front side surface and the rear side surface of the main body 2a is shown,
Grooves 21 are formed on both left and right sides of the PDA main body 2a, and the protective claws 1 are made to correspond to the grooves to form fitting claws 12a and 13b and a rising surface as an abutting surface. It is also possible to slide and attach the protective cover 1. In this case, the PDC 3 is disposed in front of or behind the PDA 2.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the protective cover 1 of the present invention.

The protective cover 1 has a cutout 15 provided only on the front rising surface 12. In this manner, the notch 15 is provided only on the front rising surface 12, and the upper part of the PDC 3 is supported by the upper end of the rear rising surface 13 as shown in FIG. 13, and the lower end is located inside the edge 15 a of the notch 15. By locking, the PDC 3 can be arranged in an upright state with respect to the PDA 2. The PDC 3 can be stably fixed by using a spacer or a hook-and-loop fastener.

Next, a case where the PDA 2 and the PDC 3 are electrically connected by a connector using the protective cover 1 configured as described above will be described.

The connector includes a pin-side external connection terminal and a socket-side external connection terminal. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, a pin-side external connection terminal 4 is provided on a side surface of the PDC 3 and a socket-side external connection terminal is provided. Terminal 5 is provided on the side surface of the PDA 2 corresponding to the pin-side external connection terminal 4.

At this time, it is necessary to match the height positions of the pin-side external connection terminals 4 and the socket-side external connection terminals 5, but a surface fastener 61 is provided on the top surface 11 of the protective cover 1 on which the PDC 3 is arranged. By interposing a spacer 6 having an appropriate thickness as height adjusting means via the above, the height positions of both may be adjusted. Since the spacer 6 is detachable by the hook-and-loop fastener 61, it is removed when the PDC 3 is not used, and the spacer 6 has a thickness corresponding to the position of the pin-side external connection terminal 4 of each PDC 3. Can be worn.

Further, the terminal 4 for the pin-side external connection of the PDC 3
Is higher than the position of the terminal 5 for external connection on the socket side of the PDA 2, as shown in FIG.
Is formed on the top surface 11 of the protective cover 1 in a concave shape 11a bulging downward, and the notch is also formed accordingly, so that the adjustment by the spacer 6 becomes possible, so that the PDC 3 and the PDA 2 can be adjusted. Can be connected through the pin-side external connection terminal 4 and the socket-side external connection terminal 5.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, a stopper 7 as a positioning means which is provided with a hook 71 at the tip and is slidable back and forth and which can be fixed at an arbitrary slide position is provided on the right side rising surface 14 as shown in FIG. As shown in PDC3
By locking the lower end of the PDC 3 to the hook 71 and positioning the PDC 3 in the front-rear direction, the front-rear position of the pin-side external connection terminal 4 and the socket-side external connection terminal 5 can be matched ( See FIG. 17).

As described above, the height position and the front-rear position of the PDC 3 in the notch 15 of the protective cover 1 are adjusted in advance to a position where the pin-side external connection terminal 4 and the socket-side external connection terminal 5 match. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, by sliding the protective cover 1 to dispose the PDC 3 on the side of the PDA 2, the pin-side external connection terminal 4 of the PDC 3 is connected to the socket-side external connection terminal 5 of the PDA 2. This eliminates the need for a separate operation for making an electrical connection between the two by means of a cable or the like, thereby improving convenience.

The pin-side external connection terminal 4 is connected to the PDA 2
Alternatively, the socket-side external connection terminal 5 may be provided on the PDC 3 in a manner opposite to that described above.

[0042]

As described above, according to the protective cover of the present invention, it can be used as a cradle of a personal digital assistant, a protective cover on the surface of a personal digital assistant, and a holder of a mobile communication terminal. It can be used, is excellent in versatility, and can be easily attached and detached by a simple operation of sliding the protective cover.

Further, since the width of the cutout portion of the protective cover is made larger than the width of the mobile communication terminal, it can be applied to various mobile communication terminals having different widths.

Further, the height adjustment means for adjusting the height position of the mobile communication terminal is provided on the protective cover, and the positioning means for positioning the front / back or left / right position of the mobile communication terminal is provided. Accordingly, it becomes possible to electrically connect the mobile communication terminal and the portable information terminal device with the connector, and the usability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a protective cover of the present invention and an information portable terminal device.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a protective cover is used as a cradle of the portable information terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the protective cover is used as a protective cover on the surface of the portable information terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view illustrating an operation when the mobile communication terminal is mounted together with the portable information terminal device by the protective cover.

FIG. 8 is a front view illustrating an operation when the mobile communication terminal is mounted together with the portable information terminal device by the protective cover.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a state where the mobile communication terminal is mounted together with the portable information terminal device by the protective cover.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a state where the mobile communication terminal is mounted together with the portable information terminal device with the protective cover.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing another example of use of the protective cover.

FIG. 12 is a partial perspective view showing another embodiment of the protective cover.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a state in which a mobile communication terminal is mounted together with the portable information terminal device with the protective cover.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a height adjusting means for adjusting the height of the mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view showing a height adjusting means for adjusting the height of the mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing positioning means for positioning the front and rear positions of the mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a state where the mobile communication terminal is positioned by the positioning means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Protective cover 11 Top surface 12 Front rising surface (rising surface) 12a Fitting claw 13 Rear rising surface (rising surface) 13a Fitting claw 14 Right side rising surface (contact surface) 15 Notch 2 PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) 21 Groove 3 PDC (Personal Digital Assistant) 6 Spacer (Height Adjusting Means) 7 Stopper (Positioning Means) X Width of Mobile Communication Terminal Y Width of Notch

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A protective cover for an information portable terminal device to be attached to the information portable terminal device, wherein the information portable terminal device has a longitudinally extending groove on at least one of the left, right, front and rear sides. On the other hand, on the top surface of the protective cover, a pair of rising surfaces having fitting claws slidable along the groove are formed at the upper end at front and rear or left and right side edges corresponding to the groove. And a contact surface is formed on one of the left and right or front and rear side edges which are one ends of the rising surfaces, and a portion of at least one of the pair of rising surfaces which is continuous with the contact surface. Wherein a notch portion into which a mobile communication terminal can be inserted is formed. 2. The protective cover for an information portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the width of the notch is larger than the width of the mobile communication terminal. 3. The protective cover for an information portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the groove is formed over the front, rear, left and right side surfaces of the information portable terminal device. 4. A height adjusting means for adjusting a height position of a mobile communication terminal inserted and arranged in the notch, on the top surface. Protective cover for the described portable information terminal device. 5. A positioning means for positioning a front / rear or left / right position of a mobile communication terminal disposed in the notch, on the top surface or the abutting surface. 3. A protective cover for a portable information terminal device according to item 3 or 4.