JP2007123347A - Support for electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain rationalization by coping with both desktop installation and wall-face installation of an electronic apparatus, using just one support. <P>SOLUTION: The support 1 has a flexure 2 which is an upper part of a rectangular plane 3 bent at an obtuse angle, and a hook 4 stretching from the surface of the plane downward reversely from the flexure. For desktop installation, the flexure is inserted into a slit 12 formed in the rear face of a housing of the electronic apparatus 11 to install the electronic apparatus in a standing posture. For wall-face installation, the support is inverted up and down and is fastened to the wall face by an adhesive or by screwing, and the hook is engaged with a hook engagement hole 13 formed in the rear face of the housing of the electronic apparatus to install the electronic apparatus in an upstanding posture on the wall face. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a support device for an electronic device installed on a table or a wall, and relates to a support device for an electronic device that uses both a table stand and a wall-mounted holder.

  For example, relatively small electronic devices such as satellite tuner adapters and wireless LAN access points that are designed for both desktop installation and wall mounting have a desktop installation stand and wall mounting holder attached. Most of them are used, but in most cases, only one of them is used and the other is not used.

  As a technique for avoiding such waste, the bottom surface of the telephone is formed in a mountain shape, and the top surface of the tilt base on which the telephone is placed is formed in a valley shape including a flat surface portion and an inclined surface portion, so that the telephone mounting direction with respect to the tilt base is reversed Thus, there is known a support mechanism of an electronic device that can be adapted to both desktop installation and wall-mounted installation (Patent Document 1).

  If the above tilt base is placed on a desk and placed on the tilt base so that the front side of the phone is placed on the flat side, the back of the phone is placed on the tilted surface of the tilt base, and the rear side with the liquid crystal display panel is the push button The tilted posture is slightly elevated as compared with the front side on which is arranged.

When the phone is installed on the wall, if the tilt base of the tilt base is attached to the wall in the downward direction and the phone is mounted on the tilt base in a normal posture, the rear side with the liquid crystal display panel is positioned on the upper side. The front side on which the push buttons are arranged is located on the lower side, and the telephone is held in a posture in which the lower side is slightly inclined from the vertical protruding slightly forward from the upper side.
JP 2005-136869 A

  The support mechanism of the electronic device described in Patent Document 1 can be used for both desktop installation and wall mounting with a single tilt base. However, in the case of the desktop installation, the electronic device has a horizontal posture and is frequently used like a telephone. Although suitable for operating equipment, it occupies a corresponding desk space. On the other hand, when installing a device that is hardly operated after installation, such as a tuner adapter or a wireless access point, it is better to keep the vertical or nearly vertical posture to minimize the occupied area. Convenient.

  Therefore, there is a technical problem to be solved in order to provide a support device that can support both desktop installation and wall-mounted installation of electronic devices and can suppress the occupied area at the time of desktop installation, The present invention aims to solve the above problems.

  The present invention is proposed to achieve the above-mentioned object, and is a support device for installing an electronic device on a table or on a wall, and is bent at an obtuse angle from a rectangular flat surface portion and an upper end of the flat surface portion. A hook portion having a bent portion and extending downward from the surface of the flat portion opposite to the bent portion; and inserting the bent portion into a slit formed on the back surface of the casing of the electronic device. The electronic device can be placed on a desktop in an upright position, and the support is turned upside down to be bonded or screwed to the wall surface, and the hook portion is engaged with a hook engagement hole formed on the back surface of the electronic device casing. Thus, the electronic device support device configured to allow the electronic device to be installed on the wall surface in an upright posture is provided.

  By comprising as mentioned above, it became possible to respond | correspond to the desktop installation and wall surface installation of an electronic device with one support tool.

  Further, the present invention provides a support device for an electronic device provided with a plurality of sets of hook portions of the support device and hook engagement holes for the electronic device.

  By arranging a plurality of sets of hook portions and hook engaging holes side by side or vertically, the electronic device can be supported more stably.

The support device for electronic devices according to the present invention can be used for both desktop installation and wall surface installation of electronic devices, eliminating the need for attaching support devices for desktop installation and wall installation, and eliminating waste of accessories. be able to. In addition, since the electronic device is installed in a standing posture on the table, it does not occupy a large area unlike the type installed in a horizontal posture, and is easy to use.

  The present invention is a support for installing an electronic device on a desktop or a wall surface, and has a rectangular flat surface portion and a bent portion bent at an obtuse angle from the upper end of the flat surface portion, and from the surface of the flat surface portion With a hook portion extending in the downward direction opposite to the bent portion, by inserting the bent portion into a slit formed on the back surface of the casing of the electronic device, the electronic device can be installed on a table in a standing posture, The electronic device can be installed in an upright position by turning the support upside down and bonding or screwing to the wall surface, and engaging the hook portion with a hook engagement hole formed on the back surface of the housing of the electronic device. By configuring as described above, the object of achieving both the desktop installation and the wall-mounted installation of the electronic device by one, and suppressing the occupied area during the desktop installation was achieved.

  FIG. 1 shows a support 1 for installing an electronic device on a tabletop or a wall, which is a resin component of a rectangular plate shape, and as shown in (b), the upper end portion is bent obliquely toward the front side, This bent part 2 forms an obtuse angle with the other flat part 3. Downward hook portions 4 are formed at the front left and right centers of the flat surface portion 3, and screw holes 5 for fixing to the wall surface with screws are provided at four locations, top, bottom, left and right.

  FIG. 2 shows a tuner adapter 11 such as a satellite broadcast tuner or a terrestrial digital broadcast tuner as an example of an electronic device using the support 1, and the outer casing is a box type, as shown in FIG. 2 (c). A horizontal slit 12 is formed slightly above the center. The width of the slit 12 is the same as or slightly wider than the width of the support 1, and a hook engaging hole 13 corresponding to the hook portion 4 of the support 1 is formed on the lower side of the slit 12. As shown in (c), the internal space of the hook engaging hole 13 is extended upward inside the opening, and the hook portion 4 of the support 1 can be slid and fitted.

  When the tuner adapter 11 is installed on a horizontal surface such as a desk, as shown in FIG. 3, if the bent portion 4 of the support 1 is inserted into the slit 12 on the back of the tuner adapter 11, the support 1 is attached to the tuner adapter 11. Are coupled at an oblique angle, and as shown in FIG. 4, the tuner adapter 11 can be installed upright on the desk D with the two ends supported by the lower end of the support 1 and the bottom surface of the tuner adapter 11. .

When the tuner adapter 11 is installed on the wall surface, the support 1 is turned upside down from the posture shown in FIG. 1, and the bent portion 2 is turned down and fixed to the wall surface with screws or double-sided adhesive tape. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, align the opening of the hook engaging hole 13 of the tuner adapter 11 with the hook part 4 of the support 1, and put the hook part 4 into the hook engaging hole 13, and move the tuner adapter 11 downward. When sliding, the tip of the hook part 4 enters the upper space in the hook engaging hole 13 and the hook part 4 and the hook engaging hole 13 are engaged.

  When the hook engaging hole 13 and the hook part 4 are engaged, the hook engaging hole 13 of the tuner adapter 11 and the support tool 1 are prevented from interfering with the tuner adapter 11 when the bent part 2 of the support tool 1 is engaged. By setting the positional relationship of the hook portion 4, the back surface of the tuner adapter 11 is brought into close contact with the flat surface portion 3 of the support 1, and the tuner adapter 11 is fixed to the wall W in a vertical posture.

  Note that it is preferable that the hook portion 4 and the hook engagement hole 13 and the bent portion 2 and the slit 12 have a so-called tight fit so that the support 1 and the tuner adapter 11 are not easily separated. . Further, in the illustrated example, the hook portion 4 of the support 1 and the hook engagement hole 13 of the tuner adapter 11 are a pair, but the lateral width of the hook portion and the hook engagement hole is increased, or the hook portion and the hook engagement hole are By providing two or more pairs on the left and right or top and bottom, the fixed state of the tuner adapter 11 can be further stabilized.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, and it is natural that the present invention extends to those modifications.

One Embodiment of the support tool of this invention is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view. FIG. 2 shows a tuner adapter using the support of FIG. 1, wherein (a) is a front view, b () is a side view, and (c) is a rear view. The side view which shows how to attach the support tool when installing a tuner adapter on a desktop. The side view of the tuner adapter installed on the desktop. The side view which shows how to attach a tuner adapter in the case of installing a tuner adapter on a wall surface. The side view of the tuner adapter installed in the wall surface.

Explanation of symbols

1 Support
2 Folding part
3 Flat part
4 Hook part
5 Screw holes
11 Tuner adapter
12 Slit
13 Hook engagement hole

Claims (2)

  A support device for installing an electronic device on a table or on a wall surface, having a rectangular flat surface portion and a bent portion bent at an obtuse angle from the upper end of the flat surface portion, and the bent portion from the surface of the flat surface portion The electronic device can be placed on a desk in a standing posture by inserting the bent portion into a slit formed on the back surface of the housing of the electronic device. The electronic device can be installed on the wall in an upright position by turning it upside down and bonding or screwing it to the wall and engaging the hook with a hook engagement hole formed on the back of the housing of the electronic device. Electronic equipment support. 2. The electronic device support device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of sets of hook portions of the support device and hook engagement holes of the electronic device are provided.

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