JP2005034526A - Finger hooking strap for cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a finger hooking strap of a flip-type cellular phone for improving button operability by a thumb of the one hand, that is gripping the cellular phone. <P>SOLUTION: This finger hooking strap for the cellular phone is installed in a lower part of a second member 12 of the cellular phone 10 foldably provided with a first member 11 having a display image screen 11a, and the second member 12 having operation buttons 12a. The finger hooking strap is composed of a ring 32 formed in a finger ring shape, and a connecting means 31 for installing this ring 32 with the prescribed length in a lower part of the second member 12. When using the cellular phone 10, the buttons are operated by inserting fingers 25 except for the thumb into the ring 32. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cellular phone, and more particularly to a finger strap for a cellular phone that improves the button operability with the thumb of the same hand while holding a folding cellular phone with one hand.

  In recent years, mobile phones that are commercially available are mainly foldable as shown in FIG. The foldable mobile phone 10 includes a first member 11 having a display screen 11a and the like, and a second member 12 having an operation button 12a and the like that can be folded via a rotating shaft 13, and can be used with one hand. Sometimes, the second member 12 is usually placed on the palm 20 as shown, and the second member 12 is gripped from the side by the base 21a of the thumb 21 and the other fingers 22, 23, 24, 25. Thus, the button operation with the thumb 21 is performed.

Utility model registration No. 3062727 Utility model registration No. 3071421

  The display screen 11a of the first member 11 of the foldable mobile phone 10 has a tendency to become larger year by year, and it is difficult to reduce the size of the mobile phone 10 of this type in the width direction. It is wider than non-integrated mobile phones, and is generally difficult to hold with a palm compared to non-folding type mobile phones.

  In addition, in the method of holding such a foldable mobile phone 10 with one hand, the balance is poor because most of the first member 11 having the display screen 11a protrudes from the palm 20 to the outside. If the gripping force is weak due to the weight of the first member 11, the first member 11 falls from the first member 11 side and slips off.

  In order to prevent this, it is necessary to make the thumb base 21a tightly adhere to the side surface of the second member 12 to some extent. The close contact of the thumb base 21a to the second member 12 is caused by a button by the thumb 21. There is a problem that the degree of freedom of operation is obstructed. In particular, with the right hand in this case, it is difficult to perform input operations to the number buttons 0, 9, and # near the base of the thumb 21a.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a finger strap for a mobile phone that improves the button operability with the thumb of the same hand while holding the folding mobile phone with one hand.

  In order to solve this problem, the finger strap for a mobile phone according to the present invention includes a first member having a display screen and the second member of the mobile phone in which a second member having an operation button and the like is foldable. A mobile phone finger strap attached to a lower part of the mobile phone, comprising: a ring formed in a ring shape; and a connecting means for attaching the ring to the lower part of the second member with a predetermined length. The gist of the invention is that the button can be operated through a finger other than the thumb when the ring is used.

  In this case, it is preferable that the length of the connecting means is adjustable. Further, the connecting means may be configured to be extendable.

  According to the finger strap for a mobile phone having the above configuration, a first member having a display screen and a second member having an operation button or the like are provided at a lower portion of the second member of the mobile phone provided to be foldable. By attaching a ring formed in a ring shape through a connecting means having a predetermined length, when a telephone is used, a finger other than the thumb, such as a little finger, is passed through the ring, so that the weight of the first member having the display screen is increased. Since it can be opposed to the force falling down from the palm of the hand, it is prevented that the gripping force is weak and slipping down, and the second member can be placed on the palm. As a result, since the close contact of the thumb base with the second member is released, the degree of freedom of button operation with the thumb is increased, so that the operability is improved and the foldable mobile phone becomes easy to use.

  In particular, since there is no worry of sliding the phone off the palm of the hand, there is an effect that the operability of the operation buttons used when inputting mail and numbers near the base of the thumb becomes remarkable. In this case, if the length of the connecting means is adjustable, for example, a belt having a plurality of holes, the ring position can be adjusted according to the size of the user's hand. is there. Further, if the connecting means is configured to be stretchable, for example, a string-like member formed of stretchable rubber or resin, the ring position relative to the second member is flexible and easy to use, and the tensile force It is also possible to improve the adhesion to the finger through the ring.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a finger strap for a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 10 includes a first member 11 having a display screen 11 a and the like and a second member 12 having an operation button 12 a and the like connected to each other by a rotary shaft 13 so as to be foldable. When in use, it is in an open state as shown in the figure.

  The display screen 11a of the first member 11 located on the upper side is composed of a liquid crystal panel and displays various modes. An audio output unit 11b is provided above the display screen 11a. In recent years, since the display screen 11a tends to be enlarged, the weight of the first member 11 itself is also increased.

  Various buttons are included in the operation buttons 12a of the second member 12 located on the lower side. A function button F for switching the screen of the display screen 11a is displayed at the upper center, a shortcut button 12b for the Internet screen, a shortcut button 12c for the mail input screen, a call button 12d, and a power button for disconnecting the call. 12e is arranged. Below these, buttons such as numbers 0-9 for inputting numbers or kana and symbols #, *, etc. are arranged in 4 rows and 3 columns, and the tip of the thumb 21 shown in FIG. State. A voice input unit 12f is provided below these number buttons.

  The cellular phone finger strap 30 according to the present invention is attached to the lower end of the second member 12. One end of a string-like member 31 having a predetermined length is engaged with the hook 12g formed at the lower end of the second member 12, and the other end is engaged with a ring 32 formed in a ring shape. The ring 32 is connected to the lower part of the second member 12. The ring 32 is formed of a metal material or a resin material, and the string member 31 is formed of a non-stretchable material such as a thread.

  The cellular phone finger strap 30 having such a structure is attached to the lower end of the second member 12 in advance, and is used, for example, by passing it through the little finger 25 as shown. When the folding cellular phone 10 composed of the first member 11 and the second member 12 is held in one button operation, most of the first member 11 having the display screen 11a protrudes outward from the palm 20. The balance is poor because it is in a state, and if the gripping force is weak due to the weight of the first member 11, the first member 11 slips off from the first member 11 side, but the lower end of the second member 12 and the little finger are connected by the finger strap 30. Therefore, even if the close contact between the thumb base 21a and the second member 12 is released as shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 10 does not slip from the palm.

  When the finger strap 30 according to the present invention is used at the time of use, it is not necessary to hold the thumb base 21a, so that the degree of freedom of button operation by the thumb 21 is increased and the ease of use of such a foldable mobile phone 10 is improved. Become very good.

  In particular, there is a remarkable effect that the operability at the time of inputting with the thumb 21 to the number buttons 1 to 9 used for e-mail and the like located near the base of the thumb, which has poor operability, is dramatically improved.

  As another embodiment of such a finger strap 30, in this case, if the string-like member 31 as the connecting means is configured to be stretchable, for example, formed of rubber or resin having stretchability, In addition to making the position of the ring 32 relative to the second member 12 flexible, it is possible to improve the ease of use, and it is also possible to increase the adhesion of the second member to the finger through the ring by the tensile force.

  Further, if the connecting means is not the above-described string-like member 31, the length can be adjusted, for example, using a belt 33 having a plurality of holes 33 a as shown in FIG. The position of the ring 32 can be adjusted according to the size of the user's hand, which is convenient.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to such embodiment at all, Of course, it can implement with a various aspect in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which one end of the string-like member as the connecting means is attached to the lower end of the second member is shown, but the configuration may be of course attached to the back surface or the side surface of the second member. Further, the mounting structure is not limited as in the embodiment. The applied mobile phone is not limited to the foldable type using the rotating shaft as in the embodiments, and can be applied to a foldable phone having various types of rotating structures.

  Furthermore, the ring formed in a ring shape may be in a shape that does not easily come off from the finger even if the ring is not closed, and various shapes such as decorated ones can be used. Further, the size of the ring may be set such that a plurality of fingers pass.

It is the figure which showed the use condition of the finger strap for mobile phones concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the use condition which changed the state of the thumb of FIG. It is the figure which showed the use condition of the finger strap for portable telephones which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the state of the one hand operation of the foldable mobile telephone conventionally performed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Folding type mobile telephone 11 1st member 11a Display screen 11b Audio | voice output part 12 2nd member 12a Operation button 12b Shortcut button 12c Shortcut button 12d Call button 12e Power button 12f Voice input part 13 Rotating shaft 20 Palm 21 Thumb 21a Thumb's Base 22 Index finger 23 Middle finger 24 Ring finger 25 Little finger 30 Finger strap for mobile phone 31 String member 32 Ring 33 Belt 33a Hole

Claims (3)

A cellular phone finger strap attached to a lower part of the second member of a cellular phone in which a first member having a display screen or the like and a second member having an operation button or the like are foldable. And a connecting means for attaching the ring to the lower part of the second member with a predetermined length, and when the telephone is used, the ring can be operated with a finger other than the thumb. Finger strap for mobile phones. 2. The finger strap for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means is adjustable in length. The mobile phone finger strap according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the connecting means is extendable.

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