JP2015032838A - Cord holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cord holder capable of preventing the cord of an earphone or a headphone from being entangled or hooked to other stored items when being stored, and allowing easy removal of an earphone or a headphone.SOLUTION: A cord holder 1 includes a pair of exterior plates 10 which can be opened and closed, and arranged at positions facing each other while holding the cord of an earphone 100, and a hinge 20 for coupling the side edges of the pair of exterior plates 10 rotatably, and maintaining a closed state where the pair of exterior plates 10 are parallel with each other. The pair of exterior plates 10 have facing surfaces 110 located at positions facing each other at a predetermined distance in the closed state. A cushion 30 formed of an elastically deformable flexible material is further provided in at least one of the pair of exterior plates 10, and the cushion 30 holds at least a part of the cord in the closed state.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cord holder, and more particularly, to a cord holder that can be opened and closed and holds a cord of an earphone or a headphone.

  Conventionally, an earphone or a headphone is attached to a portable electronic device such as a portable music player, a smartphone, a cellular phone, or a portable tablet, and a voice uttered from the portable electronic device is heard.

  Such an earphone or a headphone includes a main body worn on the user's ear, a cord coupled to the main body, and a jack coupled to an end portion of the cord and connected to a portable electronic device.

  Such earphones or headphones are stored, for example, in a bag carried by the user when not in use. At this time, the cord may be tangled in a bag or the like, or may be caught by other stored items, and may not be used immediately at the time of use.

Therefore, by the mutual pressing by folding the first and second hook-and-loop fasteners constituting the jack-side mounting means, or by the mutual pressing of the third and fourth hook-and-loop fasteners constituting the audio-side mounting means, After fixing either the cord or the cord on the audio side and winding the middle part of the cord around the belt body a desired number of times, attach the cord on the audio output side or the cord on the jack side to the corresponding attachment A cord winding belt for an earphone fixed by means has been proposed (Patent Document 1).
According to the cord winding belt of the earphone, the cord on the jack side and the sound output side of the earphone is held, and the middle portion of the cord is wound around the belt body, so that the cord of the earphone is entangled during storage, It is possible to prevent the object from being caught.

Utility Model Registration No. 3069610

However, in the case of removing the wound earphone, the cord winding belt of the earphone of Patent Document 1 first removes either the fastener on the jack side attachment means or the sound side attachment means. Next, unwind the cord wrapped around the belt body. Finally, the other fastener is removed.
In this way, the cord winding belt of the earphone of Patent Document 1 requires a plurality of operations to remove the earphone wound around the cord winding belt of the earphone, and the earphone can be easily removed. There wasn't.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a cord holder capable of preventing an earphone or headphone cord from being entangled during storage or being caught by another stored item and easily removing the earphone or headphone. .

(1) A cord holder that can be opened and closed and holds a cord of an earphone or a headphone,
A pair of exterior plates disposed at positions facing each other;
A pair of hinge plates that rotatably connect the side edges of the pair of exterior plates and maintain a closed state in which the pair of exterior plates are parallel to each other;
The pair of the exterior plates have opposing surfaces arranged at positions facing each other at a predetermined interval in the closed state,
A cushion portion provided on at least one of the opposing surfaces of the pair of exterior plates and formed of a material having flexibility that can be elastically deformed;
The cushion part is a cord holder that clamps at least a part of the cord in the closed state.

According to the configuration of (1), the cord holder is openable and closable, holds the cord of the earphone or the headphone, and includes a pair of exterior plates, a hinge portion, and a pair of cushion portions.
A pair of exterior boards are arrange | positioned in the position which mutually opposes.
The hinge portion rotatably connects the side edges of the pair of exterior plates and maintains a closed state in which the pair of exterior plates are parallel to each other.
Moreover, a pair of exterior board has an opposing surface arrange | positioned in the position which mutually opposes at predetermined intervals in a closed state.
The cushion portion is provided on at least one of the opposing surfaces of the pair of exterior plates, and is formed of a material having flexibility that can be elastically deformed.
The cushion portion holds at least a part of the cord in the closed state.

According to such a configuration, when storing the earphone or the headphone, the user opens the cord holder and wraps the cord of the earphone or the headphone around the one exterior plate or the cushion portion. Then, the user closes the cord holder and clamps at least a part of the cord by the cushion portion.
As another method, the user opens the cord holder and winds the earphone or headphone cord around the finger a plurality of times to form a ring shape. The cord holder is placed in a closed state.

Thereby, the earphone or the headphone is held by the cord holder without the cord wound around one of the exterior plates or the cushion portion or the ring-shaped cord separating.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cord of the earphone or the headphone from being entangled during storage or being caught by other stored items.

Next, when the user removes the earphone or the headphone from the cord holder, the user pulls one end of the cord, for example, while the earphone or the headphone is held in the cord holder. Thereby, the cushion part is elastically deformed in the direction in which the cord is pulled, and the pinched cord is released. Then, the earphone or the headphone is removed from the cord holder.
Thereby, when removing the earphone or the headphone from the cord holder, the user can remove the earphone or the headphone from the cord holder simply by pulling one end of the cord.
Therefore, the user can easily remove the earphone or the headphone from the cord holder.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a cord holder that can prevent the earphone or the headphone cord from being entangled during storage or being caught by another stored item, and can easily remove the earphone or the headphone.

  Further, in recent years, an increasing number of users use earphones with higher sound quality and higher price instead of earphones attached to portable electronic devices. A user who uses such an earphone opens the cord holder, places the earphone main body between the pair of exterior plates and the cushion portion, and closes the cord holder. As a result, it is possible to protect the main body of the earphone, and it is possible to prevent the expensive main body of the earphone from being damaged during storage.

(2) The facing surface includes a first side, a second side extending at a position facing the first side, a third side continuous with one end of the first side and the second side, and the first side. And a fourth side connected to the other end of the second side,
The hinge portion connects the pair of exterior plates to each other on the first side,
In the closed state, a pair of the exterior plates are arranged such that the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are spaced apart from each other,
The cord holder according to (1), wherein in the closed state in which the cord is held, the held cord can be taken out by pulling one end of the cord from the second side.

According to the configuration of (2), the facing surface of the exterior plate includes a first side, a second side extending at a position facing the first side, and a third side continuous to one end of the first side and the second side. And a fourth side continuous with the other ends of the first side and the second side.
The hinge portion connects the pair of exterior plates to each other on the first side.
The pair of exterior plates are arranged such that the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are spaced apart from each other in the closed state.
The cord holder can take out the held cord by pulling one end of the cord from the second side in the closed state where the cord is held.

According to such a configuration, in the cord holder, the pair of exterior plates are arranged such that the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are spaced apart from each other, that is, the hinge portion is provided. Three sides other than the open sides are open.
Thus, when the user stores the earphone or the headphone, the cord holder is opened, and the cord of the earphone or the headphone is folded and wound around the third side and the fourth side of the one exterior plate.

Here, some earphones or headphones are provided with a controller or a microphone of a portable electronic device in the middle portion of the cord. In the case of such earphones or headphones, when the cord is wound around the third side and the fourth side of the exterior plate, the controller or microphone hits the third side or the fourth side and can be folded back at the third side or the fourth side. There may not be.
In such a case, according to the configuration of (2), since the three sides are open, the user once folds the cord outward or inward at the second side, and then the third or fourth side. By adjusting the position at the side, it is possible to continue folding and winding around the third side and the fourth side.
Then, the user closes the cord holder and clamps at least a part of the cord between the pair of cushion portions.

  Further, when removing the earphone or the headphone from the cord holder, the user pulls one end of the cord from the second side while the earphone or the headphone is held in the cord holder. As a result, the cushion portion is elastically deformed in the direction in which the cord is pulled, the cord that has been sandwiched is released, the cord is sequentially unwound from the third side and the fourth side to the second side, and the earphone or headphones are removed from the cord holder Removed.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a cord holder that can easily remove the earphone or the headphone while appropriately holding the cord even if the controller or microphone of the portable electronic device is provided in the middle portion of the cord of the earphone or the headphone. .

(3) The hinge portion maintains an open state in which the mutual angle of the pair of exterior plates is a predetermined angle,
In the open state, a side edge of a portable electronic device is placed on the cushion portion provided on one of the exterior plates, and the portable portion is mounted on the other exterior plate or the cushion portion provided on the other exterior plate. The cord holder according to (1) or (2), which supports a back surface portion of the electronic device.

Here, some portable electronic devices are provided with a display unit such as a display, and display a clock or an image on the display unit.
There is a demand for a user who uses such a portable electronic device to lean the portable electronic device at an angle at which the display unit can be easily seen.

According to the structure of (3), a hinge part maintains the open state from which a mutual angle of a pair of exterior board turns into a predetermined angle.
When the cord holder is in the open state, the side edge of the portable electronic device is placed on the cushion portion provided on one of the exterior plates, and is carried by the other exterior plate or the cushion portion provided on the other exterior plate. Supports the back of the electronic device.

  According to such a configuration, the user holds the cord of the earphone or the headphone with the cord holder when moving, for example, when the user is seated, the cord holder is opened, and the display unit is portable at an angle that is easy to see. The electronic device can be leaned against the cord holder.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while preventing the cord of an earphone or a headphone from getting entangled at the time of accommodation, or being caught in another stored item, the cord holder which can remove an earphone or a headphone easily can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the state which is holding | maintaining an earphone in the closed state of the cord holder which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state in which the portable electronic device is leaned in the open state of the cord holder which concerns on the said embodiment. It is an exploded view in the open state of the cord holder which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure explaining the method to take out an earphone from the cord holder which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state which hold | maintains the earphone by the method different from the example which shows the cord of an earphone in the cord holder which concerns on the said embodiment in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which wound the cord of the earphone around the cord holder which concerns on the said embodiment by the method different from the example shown in FIG. 1, and hold | maintains an earphone. It is a figure which shows the state which hold | maintains an earphone in the closed state in which a portable electronic device is accommodated in the cord holder which concerns on the modification of the said embodiment. Sectional drawing of the cord holder which concerns on the modification of the said embodiment in the AA 'line in FIG. 7 is shown.

A cord holder 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the following description, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted or simplified.
A configuration of a cord holder 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the earphone 100 is held when the cord holder 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is in a closed state.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the portable electronic device 200 is leaned on when the cord holder 1 according to the embodiment is in the open state.
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the cord holder 1 according to the embodiment in an open state.

  The cord holder 1 can be opened and closed. As shown in FIG. 1, the cord holder 1 holds a cord of an earphone 100 or a headphone (not shown), a pair of exterior plates 10 and a hinge portion 20 (see FIG. 2 or FIG. 3). And a pair of cushion portions 30.

A pair of exterior board 10 is arrange | positioned in the position which mutually opposes.
Specifically, the pair of exterior plates 10 have opposed surfaces 110 arranged at positions facing each other with a predetermined interval S (for example, 10 mm to 20 mm) in the closed state (see FIG. 1). .
In detail, the exterior board 10 is provided with the horizontal part 11 which is arrange | positioned in the horizontal surface and which has the opposing surface 110 in the closed state, and the vertical part 12 extended from the side edge of the horizontal part 11 and arrange | positioned at the vertical surface.

As shown in FIG. 3, the facing surface 110 of the exterior plate 10 includes a first side 111, a second side 112 extending at a position facing the first side 111, and one end of the first side 111 and the second side 112. A third side 113 that is continuous and a fourth side 114 that is continuous with the other ends of the first side 111 and the second side 112 are provided.
The hinge portion connects the pair of exterior plates 10 to each other on the first side 111 side.
In the closed state, the pair of exterior plates 10 are arranged such that the second side 112, the third side 113, and the fourth side 114 are spaced from each other with a predetermined interval S (see FIG. 1).

  In the present embodiment, the horizontal portion 11 and the opposing surface 110 are formed in a quadrangular shape in a plan view in the closed state, but the first side 111, the second side 112, the third side 113, and the fourth side 114 are If provided, for example, an arbitrary shape such as an octagonal shape or a shape imitating the outer shape of the character in a plan view in the closed state can be obtained. In this case, the third side 113 and the fourth side 114 are connected to the first side 111 and the second side 112 via arbitrary sides.

The hinge portion 20 connects the side edges of the pair of exterior plates 10 so as to be rotatable, and maintains a closed state in which the pair of exterior plates 10 are parallel to each other.
Specifically, the hinge portion 20 includes a pair of plate portions 21 that are respectively fixed to the vertical portions 12 of the pair of exterior plates 10, and a pin portion that rotatably connects the long sides facing each other of the pair of plate portions 21. 22 and a biasing portion 23 that biases the pair of plate portions 21 in a direction facing each other.
In the pair of plate portions 21, notches 211 are formed at opposite positions on the long side opposite to the long side connected by the pin portion 22.
The urging portion 23 is formed of an elastically deformable material, and protrudes inward at both ends of the arc portion 231 formed in an arc shape and the arc portion 231, and engages with the notches 211 of the pair of plate portions 21. A pair of claw portions 232 to be provided.

In the hinge part 20, the mutual angle of the pair of plate parts 21 connected by the pin part 22 is regulated by the biasing part 23 by the above configuration.
Specifically, the urging portion 23 urges the pair of plate portions 21 in a direction in which the mutual angle decreases in a range where the angle between the pair of plate portions 21 is 180 ° to 265 °. As a result, the pair of exterior plates 10 to which the pair of plate portions 21 are respectively fixed are attached in the direction in which the mutual angles become smaller in a range where the mutual angle of the horizontal portions 11 of each exterior plate 10 is smaller than 85 °. Be forced.

  Further, when the urging portion 23 has a predetermined angle (for example, 265 °) between the pair of plate portions 21, the long sides of the pair of plate portions 21 connected by the pin portion 22 are urged portions 23. The pair of plate portions 21 cannot be opened any more. That is, the hinge portion 20 maintains an open state in which the pair of exterior plates 10 to which the pair of plate portions 21 are respectively fixed have a predetermined angle (for example, 85 °).

In addition, the mutual angle of the pair of plate portions 21 regulated by the biasing portion 23 in the above description is an example, and these angles are the size of the arc portion 231 of the biasing portion 23 and the plate portion 21. An arbitrary angle can be obtained by changing the size of the notch 211.
In addition, the hinge portion 20 is not limited to the above configuration, and any angle can be used as long as each angle of the horizontal portions 11 in the pair of exterior plates 10 can be fixed at an arbitrary angle within a range of 0 ° and 45 ° to less than 90 °. It can be configured.

The pair of cushion portions 30 are respectively formed on the opposing surfaces 110 of the pair of exterior plates 10 and are formed of a material having flexibility that can be elastically deformed.
Each cushion portion 30 has an outer shape that is substantially the same shape as the facing surface 110 in plan view in the closed state (see FIG. 1), and is formed with a thickness that is half the predetermined interval S.
In the present embodiment, the cushion portion 30 is provided on each of the facing surfaces 110 of the pair of exterior plates 10. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the cushion portion 30 is one of the facing surfaces 110 of the pair of exterior plates 10. What is necessary is just to be provided in one side.

In addition, the pair of cushion portions 30 can also cover a material having flexibility that can be elastically deformed with a cloth-like body having a small surface friction. In this case, the direction in which the fibers appearing on the surface of the cloth-like body extend is matched with the direction orthogonal to the first side 111 and the second side 112 of the facing surface 110.
Accordingly, in the cord holder 1, when the cord is taken out from the second side 112 in the closed state where the cord of the earphone 100 or the headphone (not shown) is held, the cord can be pulled out smoothly.

  According to the above configuration, the cord holder 1 is in a closed state where the angles of the horizontal portions 11 of the pair of exterior plates 10 are approximately 0 ° or the angles of the horizontal portions 11 of the pair of exterior plates 10. Is maintained in an open state at a predetermined angle (for example, 85 °). In addition, the cord holder 1 is attached in a direction in which the horizontal portions 11 of the pair of exterior plates 10 have an angle of approximately 0 ° when the horizontal portions 11 have an angle of approximately 0 ° to a predetermined angle. It is energized.

Next, a method for using the cord holder 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.
When the user stores the earphone 100 or headphones (not shown) (hereinafter also referred to as the earphone 100 or the like), the cord holder 1 is opened, and the cord of the earphone 100 or the like is attached to one of the exterior plate 10 and the cushion. Wrap around part 30. Then, the user closes the cord holder 1 and clamps at least a part of the cord by the pair of cushion portions 30. As a result, the state shown in FIG. 1 is obtained.
In addition, when the cushion part 30 is provided only in any one of the opposing surfaces 110 of a pair of exterior board 10, a user makes the cord holder 1 a closed state and the cushion provided in one exterior board 10 At least a part of the cord is sandwiched between the portion 30 and the facing surface 110 of the other exterior plate 10.

  Further, as another method, the user opens the cord holder 1 and wraps the cord such as the earphone 100 around the finger a plurality of times, for example, into a ring shape. It arrange | positions between the board | plate 10 and the cushion part 30, and makes a cord holder a closed state.

Thereby, the earphone 100 or the like is held by the cord holder 1 without the cord wound around the one exterior plate 10 and the cushion portion 30 or the ring-shaped cord separating.
Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cord of the earphone or the headphone from being entangled during storage or being caught by other stored items.

Next, a method for removing the earphone 100 and the like from the cord holder 1 will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of taking out the earphone 100 from the cord holder 1 according to the embodiment.
When the user removes the earphone 100 or the like from the cord holder 1, the user pulls one end of the cord in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 4 while the earphone 100 or the like is held in the cord holder 1. Thereby, the cushion part 30 elastically deforms in the direction in which the cord is pulled, and releases the pinched cord. Then, the earphone 100 and the like are removed from the cord holder 1.
Thus, when the user removes the earphone 100 or the like from the cord holder 1, the user can remove the earphone 100 or the like from the cord holder 1 simply by pulling one end of the cord.
Therefore, the user can easily remove the earphone 100 and the like from the cord holder 1.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a cord holder that can prevent the earphone or the headphone cord from being entangled during storage or being caught by another stored item, and can easily remove the earphone or the headphone.

In recent years, an increasing number of users use earphones with higher sound quality and higher price instead of earphones attached to portable electronic devices.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which the earphone 100 is held by the cord holder 1 according to the embodiment in a manner different from the example shown in FIG.
A user who uses an expensive earphone places the cord holder 1 in an open state and places the main body of the earphone (the portion indicated by the broken line in FIG. 5) between the pair of exterior plates 10 and the cushion portion 30 to hold the cord. The tool 1 is closed. Accordingly, the state shown in FIG. 5 is achieved, and the main body of the earphone can be protected, and the expensive main body of the earphone can be prevented from being damaged during storage.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the cord of the earphone 100 is wound around the cord holder 1 according to the embodiment by a method different from the example illustrated in FIG. 1 and the earphone 100 is held.
When the user stores the earphone 100 or the like, the cord holder 1 is opened, and the cord of the earphone 100 or the like is folded and wound around the third side 113 and the fourth side 114 of the one exterior plate 10.

Here, some earphones 100 or the like are provided with a controller of a portable electronic device or a microphone 150 (hereinafter also referred to as a microphone 150 or the like) in an intermediate portion of a cord. In the case of such an earphone 100 or the like, when the cord is wound around the third side 113 and the fourth side 114 of the exterior plate 10, the microphone 150 or the like hits the third side 113 or the fourth side 114, and the third side 113 Alternatively, there may be a case where the fourth side 114 cannot be folded back.
In such a case, according to the cord holder 1, since the three sides are open, the user temporarily folds the cord outward or inward at the second side 112, and then the third side 113 or the first side. By adjusting the position on the four sides 114, the third side 113 and the fourth side 114 can be continuously folded and wound.
Then, the user closes the cord holder 1 and holds at least a part of the cord between the pair of cushion portions 30. As a result, the state shown in FIG. 6 is obtained.

  Further, when the user removes the earphone 100 or the like from the cord holder 1, the user pulls one end of the cord from the second side 112 while the earphone 100 or the like is held in the cord holder 1. As a result, the cushion portion 30 is elastically deformed in the direction in which the cord is pulled, and the pinched cord is released, the cord is sequentially loosened from the third side 113 and the fourth side 114 to the second side 112, and the earphone 100 and the like are The cord holder 1 is removed.

  Therefore, it is possible to provide a cord holder that can easily remove the earphone or the headphone while appropriately holding the cord even if the controller or microphone of the portable electronic device is provided in the middle portion of the cord of the earphone or the headphone. .

Further, according to the cord holder 1, as shown in FIG. 2, in the opened state, the side edge 201 of the portable electronic device 200 is placed on the cushion portion 30 provided on one of the exterior plates 10, and the other exterior is mounted. The back surface portion 202 of the portable electronic device 200 can be supported by the cushion portion 30 provided on the plate 10.
In addition, when the cushion part 30 is provided only in any one of the opposing surfaces 110 of a pair of exterior board 10, according to the cord holder 1, the cushion part provided in one exterior board 10 in the open state 30, the side edge 201 of the portable electronic device 200 can be placed, and the back plate 202 of the portable electronic device 200 can be supported by the other exterior plate 10.
As a result, the user holds the cord such as the earphone 100 with the cord holder 1 in the closed state when moving, and opens the cord holder 1 when sitting, for example, so that the display unit 203 is easy to see. The portable electronic device 200 can be leaned against the cord holder 1.

Next, a modified example of the cord holder 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the portable electronic device 200 is accommodated in the cord holder 1A according to the modification of the embodiment and the earphone 100 is held in the closed state.
FIG. 8 shows a cross-sectional view of a cord holder 1A according to a modification of the embodiment taken along line AA ′ in FIG.

  The cord holder 1 </ b> A is different from the cord holder 1 in that the cord holder 1 </ b> A includes a portable electronic device housing 13. The cord holder 1A is different from the cord holder 1 in that the corners of the four corners are formed in an arc shape in accordance with the shape of the portable electronic device 200.

As shown in FIG. 8, the cord holder 1 </ b> A includes exterior plates 10 and 10 </ b> A that face each other in the closed state, a hinge portion 20, and a pair of cushion portions 30.
The exterior plate 10 </ b> A is formed with a portable electronic device accommodating portion 13 that accommodates the portable electronic device 200 in the central portion of the horizontal portion 11.

  The portable electronic device accommodating portion 13 has a box portion 131 (see FIG. 11) formed in a box-like body having an open upper portion, an upper end edge connected to the horizontal portion 11, and having an internal space substantially the same size as the outer shape of the portable electronic device 200. 8) and a projection 132 (see FIG. 7) that protrudes horizontally from the horizontal portion 11 to the portable electronic device housing portion 13 side on the third side 113 (see FIG. 7) side of the exterior plate 10A.

The earphone 100 is inserted into the side wall 131a of the box part 131 on the side of the fourth side 114 (see FIG. 7) opposite to the third side 113 (see FIG. 7) where the protrusion 132 is formed in the exterior plate 10A. A hole 131b is formed.
The hole 131b is formed at a position where the insertion port of the earphone 100 (see FIG. 7) is disposed when the portable electronic device 200 is accommodated in the portable electronic device accommodating portion 13.

According to the cord holder 1A according to the modified example of the embodiment, the user accommodates the portable electronic device 200 in the portable electronic device accommodating portion 13 in the following procedure.
The user inserts the portable electronic device 200 with the earphone 100 removed from the lower end side into the box portion 131, puts the lower end under the protrusion 132, and then inserts the whole into the box portion 131. Then, the jack of the earphone 100 is inserted into the hole 131 b and inserted into the insertion port of the portable electronic device 200.
Thereby, the lower end side of the portable electronic device 200 is restrained by the protrusion 132, and the upper end side thereof is restrained by the jack of the earphone 100 inserted into the hole 131b.

  Accordingly, a cord holder capable of preventing the earphone or headphone cord from being entangled during storage or being caught by other stored items, easily removing the earphone or headphone, and further accommodating a portable electronic device. Can be provided.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications, improvements, etc. within a scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cord holder 10 Exterior plate 11 Opposite surface 20 Hinge part 30 Cushion part 100 Earphone

Claims (3)

A cord holder that can be opened and closed and holds a cord of an earphone or a headphone,
A pair of exterior plates disposed at positions facing each other;
A pair of hinge plates that rotatably connect the side edges of the pair of exterior plates and maintain a closed state in which the pair of exterior plates are parallel to each other;
The pair of the exterior plates have opposing surfaces arranged at positions facing each other at a predetermined interval in the closed state,
A cushion portion provided on at least one of the opposing surfaces of the pair of exterior plates and formed of a material having flexibility that can be elastically deformed;
The cushion part is a cord holder that clamps at least a part of the cord in the closed state. The facing surface includes a first side, a second side extending at a position facing the first side, a third side continuous with one end of the first side and the second side, the first side, and the first side A fourth side connected to the other end of the two sides,
The hinge portion connects the pair of exterior plates to each other on the first side,
In the closed state, a pair of the exterior plates are arranged such that the second side, the third side, and the fourth side are spaced apart from each other,
The cord holder according to claim 1, wherein in the closed state in which the cord is held, the held cord can be taken out by pulling one end of the cord from the second side. The hinge part maintains an open state in which the mutual angle of the pair of exterior plates is a predetermined angle,
In the open state, a bottom portion of a portable electronic device is placed on the cushion portion provided on one of the exterior plates, and the portable electronic device is installed on the other exterior plate or the other exterior plate. The cord holder according to claim 1, wherein the cord holder supports a back portion of the device.

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