JP2014216844A - Case for portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow for binding the case for a portable information terminal to a system notebook, without worsening the operability of a portable information terminal housed therein.SOLUTION: A case 1 for portable information terminal includes a bottom wall 2 covering the back 101b of a portable information terminal 100, sidewalls 3-6 covering the sides 101c-101f of a portable information terminal 100, and an attachment part 12 jutting outward from the right sidewall 6 and provided with a plurality of ring holes 14 in the vertical direction for inserting the ring 201 of a system notebook 200, where the front of the case 1 is open.

Description

  The present invention relates to a case for a portable information terminal.

  Various cases have been proposed for housing portable information terminals such as tablet PCs (hereinafter also simply referred to as “portable terminals”). The case described in Patent Literature 1 includes a front part formed with a transparent member at the front center, a back part, a line fastener part that connects the front part and the back part, and releases the connection, and a system. A ring locking portion provided with a plurality of holes inserted in the ring of the notebook (ring binder) in the column direction. The ring locking part projects from the back part in the surface direction. In this case, the portable terminal can be accommodated in the case by opening the wire fastener portion, accommodating the portable terminal between the front portion and the rear portion, and closing the linear fastener portion. Further, by inserting the ring of the system notebook into the hole of the case and closing the ring, the case containing the portable terminal can be bound to the system notebook. Thereby, a portable terminal can be carried with a system notebook, or a portable terminal can be used with a system notebook.

Utility Model Registration No. 3178403

  By the way, the portable terminal is provided with an operation unit including a touch panel type display unit, operators such as buttons, switches, and the like on the front, back, and side portions. Since the case of patent document 1 has completely covered the portable terminal with the front part, the back part, and the wire fastener part, it is difficult to operate a portable terminal. In particular, in order to operate the operation part provided on the side part, it is necessary to open the wire fastener part and take out the portable terminal one by one. Thus, when a portable terminal is accommodated in the case of patent document 1, and the case which accommodated the portable terminal was bound to the system notebook, there exists a problem that the operativity of a portable terminal is bad.

  An object of the present invention is to make it possible to bind a case for a portable information terminal to a ring binder such as a system notebook without the operability of the accommodated portable information terminal being deteriorated.

  A portable information terminal case according to a first aspect of the present invention is a portable information terminal case that houses a portable information terminal that includes a display unit and an operation unit on the front surface, and that covers a back surface of the portable information terminal. And a side wall that covers a side portion of the portable information terminal, and an attachment portion that protrudes outward from the side wall and includes a plurality of ring holes for inserting a ring of a ring binder, along a predetermined direction, The front is open.

  In the present invention, a case for a portable information terminal accommodating a portable information terminal (hereinafter also simply referred to as “portable terminal”) by inserting a ring of a ring binder such as a system notebook into the ring hole and closing the ring. (Hereinafter, also simply referred to as “case”) can be bound to a ring binder. Moreover, since the front surface of the case is open, the display unit and the operation unit of the mobile terminal are exposed to the outside in a state where the case accommodates the mobile terminal. Therefore, the user can operate the operation unit of the mobile terminal exposed to the outside even in a state where the case housing the mobile terminal is bound to the ring binder. Thus, according to the case of the present invention, the operability of the accommodated portable terminal is not deteriorated, and the case can be bound to the ring binder. In addition, when the display part of a portable terminal is a touch panel type and serves also as an operation part, operation parts other than a display part do not need to be provided. The “ring binder” includes, for example, a main body cover provided with a ring, a notebook bound to the ring, and the like.

  The portable information terminal case according to a second aspect of the present invention is the portable information terminal case according to the first aspect, wherein the portable information terminal includes an operator that constitutes the operation unit on the side portion, A first window for exposing the operation element to the outside is provided on the side wall.

  In the present invention, the operator on the side portion of the mobile terminal is exposed to the outside from the first window in a state where the mobile terminal is accommodated in the case. For this reason, the user can operate the operator of the portable terminal accommodated in the case.

  The portable information terminal case according to a third aspect of the present invention is the portable information terminal case according to the second aspect of the present invention, wherein at least two of the side walls are opposed to each other, and the first window is opposed. One of the two side walls is provided at a point-symmetrical position with respect to the center of the bottom wall.

  In the present invention, since the first window portion is provided one by one at a point-symmetrical position with respect to the center of the bottom wall of the two opposing side walls, the mobile terminals are positioned 180 degrees different from each other, Can be housed in a case. And since the operator of the side part of the portable terminal accommodated in the case is exposed to the outside from one of the first windows, the case accommodating the portable terminal is exposed to the outside even when the case is bound to the ring binder. It is possible to operate the operator of the exposed mobile terminal. In this way, since the portable terminal can be accommodated in the case in a posture different from each other by 180 degrees, the portable terminal is placed on the left side of the ring binder notebook or on the right side of the notebook while keeping the posture of the portable terminal during normal use. The case can be bound to a ring binder so that is placed. A right-handed user can easily hold the ring binder with his left hand and operate the mobile terminal with his right hand if the case is bound to the ring binder so that the portable terminal is placed on the left side of the ring binder notebook. Also, a left-handed user can easily hold the ring binder with his right hand and operate the mobile terminal with his left hand if the case is bound to the ring binder so that the mobile terminal is placed on the right side of the ring binder notebook. Thus, according to the case of the present invention, even if the case housing the mobile terminal is bound to the ring binder, both right-handed and left-handed users can easily operate the mobile terminal.

  The portable information terminal case of the fourth invention is the portable information terminal case of any of the first to third inventions, wherein the portable information terminal has a speaker, a connector, a microphone, At least one functional part of the camera is provided, and at least one second window part for exposing the functional part to the outside is provided on the side wall.

  In the present invention, in a state where the portable terminal is accommodated in the case, the functional part of the portable terminal is exposed to the outside from the second window portion. For this reason, when the functional unit is a speaker, the user can listen to the sound emitted from the speaker of the mobile terminal housed in the case. Further, when the functional unit is a connector, the user can connect an external device to the connector of the mobile terminal accommodated in the case. When the functional unit is a microphone, the user can use the microphone of the mobile terminal while the mobile terminal is housed in the case. When the functional unit is a camera, the user can use the camera of the mobile terminal while the mobile terminal is housed in the case.

  The portable information terminal case according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the portable information terminal case according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the two side walls are provided so as to face each other, and the second window portion is the side wall. Are provided one by one at a point-symmetrical position with respect to the center of the bottom wall.

  In the present invention, since the second window portion is provided one by one at a point-symmetrical position with respect to the center of the bottom wall of the opposing side wall, the ring binder remains in the normal use posture of the mobile terminal. The case can be bound to the ring binder so that the portable terminal is arranged on the left side of the notebook or on the right side of the notebook. In addition, when the functional unit is a speaker, the speaker is exposed to the outside through one of the second windows, so that even when the case containing the mobile terminal is bound to the ring binder, the user can radiate from the speaker. Can be heard. In addition, when the functional unit is a connector, the connector is exposed to the outside from one of the second windows, so that even when the case containing the portable terminal is bound to the ring binder, the user can insert the connector through the connector. Thus, connection between the portable terminal and the external device can be performed.

  According to the portable information terminal case of the present invention, the operability of the accommodated portable information terminal is not deteriorated, and the portable information terminal case can be bound to the ring binder.

1 is a perspective view of a portable information terminal case according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the case for portable information terminals. It is a rear view of the case for portable information terminals. (A) is a top view of the case for portable information terminals. (B) is a bottom view of the portable information terminal case. (A) is a right side view of a case for a portable information terminal. (B) is a left side view of a case for a portable information terminal. It is a front view of a portable information terminal. It is a rear view of a portable information terminal. (A) is a top view of a portable information terminal. (B) is a bottom view of the portable information terminal. (A) is a right side view of a portable information terminal. (B) is a left side view of the portable information terminal. It is a front view of the case for portable information terminals in a state where the portable information terminal is accommodated. It is a rear view of the case for portable information terminals in a state where the portable information terminal is accommodated. (A) is a top view of the case for portable information terminals in the state where the portable information terminal is accommodated. (B) is a bottom view of a case for a portable information terminal in a state in which the portable information terminal is accommodated. (A) is a right side view of a case for a portable information terminal in a state in which the portable information terminal is accommodated. (B) is a left side view of a case for a portable information terminal in a state in which the portable information terminal is accommodated. It is a figure which shows the state which bound the case which accommodated the portable information terminal to the system notebook. It is a front view of the case for portable information terminals in a state where the portable information terminal is accommodated. It is a rear view of the case for portable information terminals in a state where the portable information terminal is accommodated. (A) is a top view of the case for portable information terminals in the state where the portable information terminal is accommodated. (B) is a bottom view of a case for a portable information terminal in a state in which the portable information terminal is accommodated. (A) is a right side view of a case for a portable information terminal in a state in which the portable information terminal is accommodated. (B) is a left side view of a case for a portable information terminal in a state in which the portable information terminal is accommodated. It is a figure which shows the state which bound the case which accommodated the portable information terminal to the system notebook.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. A portable information terminal case 1 (hereinafter also simply referred to as “case”) according to an embodiment of the present invention accommodates a portable information terminal 100 (hereinafter also simply referred to as “mobile terminal”), and It can be bound in the system notebook 200 which is a ring binder (see FIGS. 14 and 19).

  First, the mobile terminal 100 accommodated in the case 1 will be described. In the present embodiment, a tablet PC will be described as an example of the mobile terminal 100. As shown in FIG. 6, the housing 101 of the mobile terminal 100 is formed in a flat and substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape including a front surface 101 a and a back surface 101 b and four side portions 101 c to 101 f. The back surface 101b is smaller than the front surface 101a, and the side portions 101c to 101f are formed in a curved shape from the back surface 101b to the front surface 101a. A display unit 102, an operation unit 103, and a first camera 108 are provided on the front surface 101 a of the mobile terminal 100. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 100 includes a communication connector 104, a speaker 105, a microphone 106, a headphone connector 107, a second camera 109, and the like.

  The display unit 102 is a touch panel type liquid crystal display, displays various images, and also serves as an operation unit 103 described later. The operation unit 103 includes a display unit 102, a home button 110, a slide switch 111, a volume button 112, a power button 113, and the like. The home button 110 is provided on the front surface 101a below the display unit 102 and in the center in the left-right direction. The home button 110 is a button for setting the screen displayed on the display unit 102 to a home screen including various icons. The slide switch 111 is provided at the upper end of the right side portion 101e. Although the orientation of the screen of the mobile terminal 100 changes depending on the posture, the user can set the orientation of the screen so as not to change or to change by operating the slide switch 111. is there. The volume button 112 is provided below the slide switch 111 on the right side 101e. The power button 113 is provided at the right end of the upper portion 101c.

  The communication connector 104 is provided at the center in the left-right direction of the lower side portion 101d. The communication connector 104 is a female connection connector, and has a pin for data communication and a pin for power supply, although not shown. The mobile terminal 100 can perform data communication with an external device or receive power supply from the external device via the communication connector 104. The speakers 105 are provided on both sides in the left-right direction of the communication connector 104 on the lower side portion 101d. The microphone 106 is provided at the center in the left-right direction of the upper portion 101c. The headphone connector 107 is provided at the left end of the upper part 101c. The first camera 108 is provided above the display unit 102 on the front surface 101a and in the center in the left-right direction. The second camera 109 is provided at the upper right end of the back surface 101b. The mobile terminal 1 is normally used in a posture where the home button 110 is positioned below.

  Next, case 1 will be described. As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, case 1 is provided with the bottom wall 2, the side walls 3-6, the window parts 7-10, the attaching part 12, etc. FIG. The case 1 is made of, for example, a resin such as polycarbonate and has flexibility. The bottom wall 2 covers the back surface 101 b of the mobile terminal 100. Camera holes 11 a and 11 b for exposing the second camera 109 to the outside are provided in the upper right end and the lower left end of the bottom wall 2.

  The side walls 3 to 6 cover the side portions 101 c to 101 f of the mobile terminal 100, respectively. The side walls 3 to 6 extend from the upper edge 2a, the lower edge 2b, the right edge 2c, and the left edge 2d of the bottom wall 2 in a direction surrounding the side portions 101c to 101f of the mobile terminal 100, respectively. The upper side wall 3 and the lower side wall 4, and the right side wall 5 and the left side wall 6 are opposed to each other. An inner space formed by the bottom wall 2 and the side walls 3 to 6 has substantially the same shape as the outer shape of the mobile terminal 100. Accordingly, the inner shapes of the side walls 3 to 6 are substantially the same as the outer shapes of the side portions 101c to 101f of the mobile terminal 100, and are curved. Moreover, the upper ends of the side walls 3 to 6 are curved portions 13 that are curved inward (toward the portable terminal 100), and the curved portions 13 engage with the front surface 101 a of the portable terminal 100 accommodated in the case 1. Thereby, the portable terminal 100 accommodated in the case 1 is held so as not to fall from the case 1.

  The window parts 7 to 10 are for exposing each part of the portable terminal 100 such as the operation part 3 to the outside, and are notches formed at positions corresponding to the respective parts to be exposed to the outside of the side walls 3 to 6. . Speaker windows 7a and 7b for exposing the speaker 105 and the communication connector 104 to the outside are provided at the center in the left-right direction of the lower side wall 3 and in the center in the left-right direction of the upper side wall 2, respectively. Headphone windows 8a and 8b for exposing the headphone connector 107 to the outside are provided at the left end of the upper side wall 2 and the right end of the lower side wall 3, respectively. Further, power button windows 9a and 9b for exposing the power button 113 to the outside are provided at the right end of the upper side wall 2 and the left end of the lower side wall 3, respectively. Volume button windows 10a and 10b for exposing the volume button 112 and the slide switch 111 to the outside are provided at the upper end of the right side wall 5 and the lower end of the left side wall 6. Note that the speaker windows 7a and 7b also function as microphone windows for exposing the microphone 106 to the outside.

  The attachment part 12 is for attaching the case 1 to the system notebook. The attachment portion 12 extends from the right side wall 5 where the volume button window portion 10 a is provided to the outside (the side opposite to the mobile terminal 100), and is provided from the upper end to the lower end of the right side wall 5. The attachment portion 12 is provided with six ring holes 14 for inserting the ring of the system notebook along the vertical direction. Specifically, three ring holes 14 are provided above the attachment portion 12 and three below. For example, the six ring holes 14 are provided at positions corresponding to the six rings of the A5 size system notebook. A cutout portion 16 is provided at a position corresponding to the volume button window portion 10 a of the attachment portion 12. A rib 15 for reinforcing the strength of the attachment portion 12 is provided between the attachment portion 12 and the right side wall 5. Five ribs 15 are provided at equal intervals in the vertical direction.

  When the portable terminal 100 is accommodated in the case 1 described above, the portable terminal 100 is inserted into the case 1 while the side walls 3 to 6 are bent outward. At this time, the side walls 3 to 6 bent outward are returned to the inner side, and the bending portion 13 is engaged with the front surface 101 a of the mobile terminal 100. Thereby, the portable terminal 100 is accommodated and held in the case 1. Since the front surface of the case 1 is open, the display unit 102, the home button 110, and the first camera 108 are externally provided from the case 1 in a state where the case 1 accommodates the portable terminal 100 as shown in FIG. Exposed outside. As shown in FIG. 11, the second camera 109 is exposed to the outside through the camera hole 11 a of the bottom wall 2 of the case 1. Further, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12A, the microphone 106, the power button 110 from the power button window 9a, and the power button 110 from the power button window 9a are connected to the headphone window 8a. The headphone connector 107 is exposed to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12B, the speaker 105 and the communication connector 104 are exposed to the outside from the speaker window portion 7a of the lower side wall 4 of the case 1. 11 and 13A, the volume button 112 and the slide switch 111 are exposed from the volume button window portion 10a of the right side wall 5 of the case 1. In this manner, each part of the mobile terminal 100 is exposed to the outside from the case 1 in a state where the case 1 accommodates the mobile terminal 100.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a case containing a portable terminal is bound in a system notebook. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the system notebook 200 includes a main body cover 203 provided with a ring 201, a notebook 202 bound to the ring 201, and the like. By inserting the ring 201 of the system notebook 200 into the ring hole 14 and closing the ring 201, the case 1 containing the portable terminal 100 can be bound to the system notebook 200. Further, as described above, the operation unit 103 of the mobile terminal 100 is exposed to the outside from the case 1 in a state where the case 1 accommodates the mobile terminal 100. Therefore, the user can operate the operation unit 103 of the mobile terminal 100 exposed to the outside even when the case 1 containing the mobile terminal 100 is bound to the system notebook 200. As described above, the case 1 of the present embodiment can bind the case storing the mobile terminal 100 to the system notebook 200 without deteriorating the operability of the stored mobile terminal 100.

  In addition, since the speaker 105 is exposed to the outside in a state in which the case 1 accommodates the mobile terminal 100, even when the case 1 in which the mobile terminal 100 is accommodated is bound in the system notebook 200, the user can utter from the speaker 105. Can be heard. Further, since the communication connector 104 is exposed to the outside in a state where the case 1 accommodates the portable terminal 100, the portable terminal 100 and the external device can be connected even when the case 1 accommodating the portable terminal 100 is bound to the system notebook 200. Data communication, charging of the portable terminal 100 by an external device, and the like. Further, since the headphone connector 107 is exposed to the outside in a state where the case 1 accommodates the portable terminal 100, the case 1 containing the portable terminal 100 is bound via the headphone connector 107 even when the case 1 is bound to the system notebook 200. The user can listen to the sound emitted from the mobile terminal 100 using headphones (not shown).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the speaker windows 7a, 7b are respectively point-symmetrical positions (in the left-right direction) of the lower side wall 4 and the upper side wall 3 facing each other with respect to the center C of the bottom wall 2. (Center). The headphone windows 8 a and 8 b are provided at point-symmetrical positions (left end and right end) of the upper side wall 3 and the lower side wall 4 facing the center C, respectively. The power button window portions 9 a and 9 b are provided at point-symmetrical positions (right end and left end) of the upper side wall 3 and the lower side wall 4 facing the center C, respectively. The volume button windows 10 a and 10 b are provided at point-symmetrical positions (upper and lower ends) of the right side wall 5 and the left side wall 6 facing the center C. The camera holes 11a and 11b are respectively provided at point-symmetrical positions (upper right end and lower left end) of the bottom wall 2 with respect to the center C. Accordingly, from the posture in which the home button 110 of the mobile terminal 100 is located below as shown in FIGS. 10 to 13, the mobile terminal 100 is rotated 180 degrees in the plane direction as shown in FIGS. The portable terminal 100 can be accommodated in the case 1 in a posture where is positioned upward. Then, as shown in FIG. 15, the display unit 102, the home button 110, and the first camera 108 are exposed to the outside from the case 1. As shown in FIG. 16, the second camera 109 is exposed to the outside through the camera hole 10 b in the bottom wall 2 of the case 1. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17A, the speaker 105 and the communication connector 104 are exposed to the outside from the speaker window 7 b on the upper side wall 3 of the case 1. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 17B, the microphone 106 from the speaker window 7a on the lower side wall 4 of the case 1, the power button 113 from the power button window 9b, and the headphone connector from the headphone window 8b. 107 is exposed to the outside. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 18B, the volume button 112 and the slide switch 111 are exposed from the volume button window 10 b of the left side wall 6 of the case 1. 10 to 13, the mobile terminal 100 is carried in the case 1 with the home button 110 positioned downward as shown in FIGS. 15 to 18. Even in a state in which the terminal 100 is accommodated, each part of the mobile terminal 100 is exposed from the case 1 to the outside.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a case housing the mobile terminal in the posture illustrated in FIGS. 14 to 18 is bound to the system notebook. As described above, since the mobile terminal 100 is used in a posture in which the home button 110 is positioned below, when the case 1 is bound to the system notebook 200, the case 1 is rotated 180 degrees from the state shown in FIG. The case 1 is bound to the system notebook 200 so that the case 1 is arranged on the right side of the notebook 202 of the system notebook 200. As shown in FIG. 19, when the case 1 is bound to the system notebook 200 so that the portable terminal 100 is arranged on the right side of the system notebook 200, the left-handed user holds the system notebook 200 with the right hand and carries it with the left hand. It is easy to operate the terminal 100. Further, since the notebook 202 of the system notebook 200 is on the left side, it is easy to write characters on the notebook 202 with the left hand. Thus, when the left-handed user binds the case 1 to the system notebook 200 so that the portable terminal 100 is arranged on the right side of the notebook 202 of the system notebook 200, both the portable terminal 100 and the system notebook 200 are displayed. Easy to use. As shown in FIG. 14, when case 1 is bound to system notebook 200 so that portable terminal 100 is arranged on the left side of notebook 202 of system notebook 200, the right-handed user places system notebook 200 in the left hand. The portable terminal 100 is easy to operate with the right hand. Further, since the notebook 202 of the system notebook 200 is on the right side, it is easy to write characters on the notebook 202 with the right hand. Thus, when the right-handed user binds the case 1 to the system notebook 200 so that the portable terminal 100 is arranged on the left side of the notebook 202 of the system notebook 200, both the portable terminal 100 and the system notebook 200 are used. Easy to use.

  Thus, since the window parts 7-10 are each provided in the point-symmetrical position with respect to the center C of the bottom wall 2 of the side walls 3-6 which oppose, respectively, the portable terminal 100 is mutually 180. It can be accommodated in the case 1 in different postures (FIGS. 10 to 13 and 15 to 18). And since the operation part 103 of the portable terminal 100 accommodated in the case 1 is exposed outside, even if the case 1 accommodating the portable terminal 100 is bound in the system notebook 200, the portable terminal exposed outside. 100 operation units 103 can be operated. As described above, since the mobile terminal 100 can be accommodated in the case 1 in postures different from each other by 180 degrees, the system remains in the normal use posture of the mobile terminal 103 (the posture in which the home button 110 is positioned below). The case 1 can be bound to the system notebook 200 so that the portable terminal 100 is arranged on the left side or the right side of the notebook 202 of the notebook 200. As described above, a right-handed user can easily operate the portable terminal 100 by binding the case 1 to the system notebook 200 so that the portable terminal 100 is arranged on the left side of the system notebook 200. Further, a left-handed user can easily operate the portable terminal 100 by binding the case 1 to the system notebook 200 so that the portable terminal 100 is arranged on the right side of the system notebook 200. As described above, according to the case 1 of the present embodiment, even if the case 1 containing the mobile terminal 100 is bound to the system notebook 200, both right-handed and left-handed users can use the mobile terminal 100. Easy to operate.

  As described above, the attachment portion 12 projects outward (on the opposite side to the portable terminal 100) from the right side wall 5 where the volume button window portion 10a is provided. Here, a notch portion 16 is provided at a position corresponding to the volume button window portion 10 a of the attachment portion 12. For this reason, the attachment part 12 does not obstruct the user's operation of the volume button 112 and the slide switch 111 exposed to the outside from the volume button window part 10a.

  Further, since the camera holes 11a and 11b are provided one by one in a point-symmetrical position with respect to the center C of the bottom wall 2, postures different from each other by 180 degrees (FIGS. 10 to 13 and 15 to 15). In FIG. 18), when the portable terminal 100 is accommodated in the case 1, the second camera 109 is exposed to the outside through one of the camera holes 11a and 11b. Accordingly, the second camera 109 can be used without removing the mobile terminal 100 from the case 1 regardless of the posture in which the mobile terminal 100 is accommodated in the case 1.

  In the present embodiment, the power button windows 9a and 9b and the volume button windows 10a and 10b correspond to the “first window” of the present invention. The speaker windows 7a and 7b and the headphone windows 8a and 8b correspond to the “second window” of the present invention. The home button 110, the slide switch 111, the volume button 112, and the power button 113 correspond to the “operator” of the present invention. The communication connector 104 and the headphone connector 107 correspond to the “connector” of the present invention. The system notebook 200 corresponds to the “ring binder” of the present invention.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the form which can apply this invention is not restricted to the above-mentioned embodiment, As suitably illustrated in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention so that it may illustrate below. It is possible to make changes.

  In the above-described embodiment, the speaker windows 7a and 7b also serve as microphone windows for exposing the microphone 106 to the outside. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a single microphone window for exposing the microphone 106 to the outside may be provided. The speaker windows 7a and 7b also serve as communication connector windows for exposing the communication connector 104 to the outside. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and a single communication connector window for exposing the communication connector 104 to the outside may be provided.

  In the above-mentioned embodiment, the window parts 7-10 are provided in the center of the left-right direction of the lower side wall 4, etc., for example. Not only this but the window part should just be provided in the side wall of the position corresponding to operators, buttons, a switch, etc. which comprise the operation part provided in the side part of the portable terminal, a speaker, and a connector.

  In the above-described embodiment, the first camera 108 is provided on the front surface 101a of the mobile terminal 100, and the second camera 109 is provided on the back surface 101b. For example, when the camera is provided on the side portions 101c to 101f of the mobile terminal 100, a camera window portion for exposing the camera to the outside may be provided on the side walls 2 to 6 at the corresponding positions. The camera window portions may be provided one by one at positions that are point-symmetric with respect to the center C of the bottom wall 2 of the opposing side walls 3 to 6. The camera window of this modification corresponds to the “second window” of the present invention.

  In the above-mentioned embodiment, the window parts 7-10 are the notches formed in the position corresponding to each part exposed to the exterior of the side walls 3-6. Not only this but a window part may be the hole formed in the position corresponding to each part exposed to the exterior of the side walls 3-6, for example.

  In the above-described embodiment, the display unit 102 is a touch panel type liquid crystal display and also serves as the operation unit 103. Further, a home button 110 constituting the operation unit 103 other than the display unit 102 is provided on the front surface 101a. As described above, when the display unit 102 is a touch panel type liquid crystal display and also serves as the operation unit 103, the home button 110 may not be provided. The display unit 102 may not be a touch panel type liquid crystal display.

  In the above-described embodiment, the system notebook is exemplified as a ring binder having a ring and capable of binding a notebook or the like. Not only this but ring binders other than a system notebook may be used. In addition, the system notebook illustrated as an A5 size and having six rings. However, the size of the system notebook is not limited to this, and the number of rings of the system notebook may be other than six.

  In the above-described embodiment, the tablet PC is taken as an example of the mobile terminal. Not limited to this, a smartphone, a feature phone, a portable media player, a portable game machine, or the like may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case for portable information terminals Bottom wall 3 Upper side wall 4 Lower side wall 5 Right side wall 6 Left side wall 7a, 7b Speaker window part 8a, 8b Headphone window part 9a, 9b Power button window part 10a, 10b For volume button Window part 11a, 11b Camera hole 12 Mounting part 14 Ring hole 16 Notch part 100 Portable information terminal 103 Operation part 104 Communication connector 105 Speaker 107 Headphone connector 200 System notebook 201 Ring

Claims (5)

A portable information terminal case for accommodating a portable information terminal equipped with a display unit and an operation unit on the front surface,
A bottom wall covering the back of the portable information terminal;
A side wall covering a side portion of the portable information terminal;
A projecting portion projecting outward from the side wall and provided with a plurality of ring holes for inserting a ring of a ring binder along a predetermined direction; and
Case for portable information terminal, characterized in that the front surface is open. The portable information terminal includes, on the side portion, an operator that constitutes the operation unit,
The case for a portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a first window portion on the side wall for exposing the operation element to the outside. The side wall is provided with at least two facing each other,
3. The portable information terminal according to claim 2, wherein one of the first window portions is provided at a point-symmetrical position with respect to the center of the bottom wall of the two opposing side walls. Case for machine. The portable information terminal includes at least one functional part of a speaker, a connector, a microphone, and a camera on the side part,
The case for a portable information terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the side wall includes at least one second window part for exposing the functional part to the outside. The side wall is provided with at least two facing each other,
5. The portable information terminal case according to claim 4, wherein each of the second window portions is provided at a point-symmetrical position with respect to a center of the bottom wall of the side wall.

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