JP3188644U - Fall-off prevention belt for portable information terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a drop prevention belt that prevents a portable information terminal held by one hand from falling and allows the user to comfortably operate the portable information terminal with the thumb of the hand.
A fall prevention belt 30 is attached to a portable information terminal 10 to which a removable cover 14 is attached to a back surface 10b. The drop-off prevention belt 30 is provided in a belt-like belt portion 32 longer than the length between the top surface 10d and the bottom surface 10e of the portable information terminal 10 and the center of the belt portion 32 so as to prevent the belt portion 32 from being bent and stretched. And a reinforcing portion 34 that reinforces the belt portion 32. One end portion 32a of the belt portion 32 is sandwiched between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14 from the top surface 10d side, and the other end portion 32b is formed between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14 from the bottom surface 10e side. The fall-off prevention belt 30 is fixed to the portable information terminal 10 so that the reinforcing portion 34 is exposed on the back plate 16 of the cover 14.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a drop prevention belt for a portable information terminal that is attached to a portable information terminal having a detachable cover attached to the back side.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information portable terminals, for example, mobile phones and smartphones, in which a detachable cover is mounted on the back are known.

  The following Patent Document 1 describes a cover that covers the back surface of the portable information terminal and part of both side surfaces. An engaging portion that engages with the edge of the front surface of the portable information terminal is provided at a portion of the cover corresponding to the side surface of the portable information terminal. Then, by attaching the cover so as to be covered from the back side of the portable information terminal, the engaging portion is engaged with the edge of the front surface of the portable information terminal, and the cover is fixed to the portable information terminal.

Utility Model Registration No. 3168090

  In recent portable information terminals, operation using a touch panel has become mainstream like a smartphone, and therefore, a display unit composed of a liquid crystal screen or the like occupies most of the front surface of the portable information terminal. In the portable information terminal configured as described above, the user can operate the portable information terminal by holding the portable information terminal with one hand and touching the display unit with the thumb of the hand.

  However, in the case of a relatively small hand such as a woman or a child, there is a problem in that the portable information terminal cannot be held sufficiently with one hand during the operation with the thumb, and the portable information terminal is dropped. In recent years, with the increase in size of the display unit and the portable information terminal main body, it is very difficult to operate the portable information terminal with one hand while holding the portable information terminal with one hand. For this reason, the portable information terminal is operated by holding the portable information terminal with one hand and touching the display unit with the finger of the other hand.

  The object of the present invention is to securely hold the portable information terminal with one hand to prevent the portable information terminal from falling, and to comfortably display the display portion with the thumb of the hand in a portable information terminal having a removable cover attached to the back. An object of the present invention is to provide a drop prevention belt for a portable information terminal that can be operated easily.

  The present invention relates to a drop prevention belt for a portable information terminal attached to a portable information terminal having a detachable cover attached to the back, a belt-like belt portion longer than the length between the top surface and the bottom surface of the portable information terminal, and a belt portion A reinforcing portion that reinforces the belt portion so as to prevent bending and stretching of the belt portion, and one end portion of the belt portion is connected to the portable information terminal and the cover from the top surface side. The other end is sandwiched between the portable information terminal and the cover from the bottom side, and the belt is fixed to the portable information terminal so that the reinforcing part is exposed on the back plate of the cover. It is characterized by being.

  In addition, the belt portion is a material having adsorptivity, and has a length more than twice the length between the top surface and the bottom surface, and both end portions of the belt portion are between the portable information terminal and the cover. They can be provided so as to overlap each other.

  Further, it is preferable that the belt portion is made of soft vinyl chloride and the reinforcing portion is made of hard vinyl chloride harder than the belt portion.

  According to the drop prevention belt for a portable information terminal of the present invention, the portable information terminal can be securely held with one hand to prevent the portable information terminal from falling, and the display unit can be comfortably operated with the thumb of the hand.

It is a perspective view which shows a state when the fall prevention belt for portable information terminals which concerns on this embodiment is attached to the portable information terminal. It is a figure which shows a state when the portable information terminal of FIG. 1 is seen from another angle. It is an exploded sectional view by the AA line of FIG. It is a figure which shows a state when a user holds an information portable terminal. It is a top view of the fall prevention belt for personal digital assistants. It is sectional drawing by the BB line of FIG.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a drop prevention belt for a portable information terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As an example of the portable information terminal, a smartphone is cited, and a drop-off prevention belt attached to the smartphone will be described. In addition, this invention is applicable also to things other than the above smart phones, for example, a mobile telephone and a tablet-type terminal.

  First, a portable information terminal according to the present embodiment and a cover that is detachably attached to the portable information terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state when the portable information terminal drop prevention belt according to the present embodiment is attached to the portable information terminal, and FIG. 2 is a view of the portable information terminal of FIG. 1 from another angle. It is a figure which shows the state at the time.

  The portable information terminal 10 has a display unit 12 composed of a liquid crystal screen or the like on the front surface 10a thereof. A cover 14 is detachably attached to the portable information terminal 10 from the back surface 10b side.

  The cover 14 is made of a material that can be somewhat elastically deformed, and is made of, for example, plastic such as polycarbonate.

  The cover 14 includes a back plate 16 corresponding to the back surface 10 b of the portable information terminal 10 and side plates 18 corresponding to the respective side surfaces 10 c of the portable information terminal 10. Each side plate 18 is integrally provided at the left and right ends of the back plate 16. Moreover, in the cover 14 of this embodiment, the area | region corresponding to the top | upper surface 10d and the bottom face 10e of the portable information terminal 10 is each largely notched. In the present embodiment, the case where the region of the cover 14 corresponding to the top surface 10d and the bottom surface 10e of the portable information terminal 10 is greatly cut out has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the top An upper plate corresponding to the surface 10d and a lower plate corresponding to the bottom surface 10e may be integrally provided on the back plate 16 of the cover 14, respectively.

  The side surface 10c of the portable information terminal 10 is the right and left side surfaces positioned laterally of the display unit 12 when the user operates the portable information terminal 10, and the top surface 10d is the display unit during the operation. 12 is an upper horizontal surface located at the upper part of 12, and the bottom surface 10 e is a lower horizontal surface located at the lower part of the display unit 12 during the operation.

  Engagement portions 20 that engage with the edge portions of the front surface 10a and the side surface 10c of the portable information terminal 10 are formed at the end portions of the side plates 18, respectively. These engaging portions 20 protrude in a direction facing each other, that is, a direction facing inward.

  The cover 14 configured as described above can be detachably attached to the portable information terminal 10. Specifically, the cover 14 is attached from the back surface 10 b side of the portable information terminal 10. At this time, each side plate 18 is elastically deformed and bends outward. And if the engaging part 20 exceeds the front surface 10a of the portable information terminal 10, each side plate 18 will return to an original position. If it does so, the engaging part 20 will be hooked on the edge part of the front surface 10a and the side surface 10c of the portable information terminal 10, and the cover 14 will be fixed to the portable information terminal 10.

  Next, a dropout prevention belt for portable information terminal (hereinafter simply referred to as “dropout prevention belt”) 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3-6 in addition to FIGS. 3 is an exploded cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state when the user holds the information portable terminal 10, and FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the drop-off prevention belt 30 includes a belt-like belt portion 32 and a reinforcing portion 34 provided at the center of the belt portion 32.

  The belt portion 32 is formed of an adsorbent material such as soft vinyl chloride. Specifically, the belt portion 32 is formed of a soft vinyl chloride thin film molding material, that is, a film. In addition, the belt portion 32 has a length that is at least twice as long as the length between the top surface 10d and the bottom surface 10e of the portable information terminal 10 in the longitudinal direction.

  The reinforcing portion 34 is a member that reinforces the belt portion 32 so as to prevent the belt portion 32 from being bent and stretched, and is formed of a material harder than the belt portion 32. When the belt portion 32 is made of soft vinyl chloride, the reinforcing portion 34 is preferably formed of hard vinyl chloride that is harder than the soft vinyl chloride. Hard vinyl chloride includes polypropylene, polystyrene, polyethylene, polyceme, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS).

  The reinforcement part 34 is provided in the center of the belt part 32 as mentioned above. The reinforcing portion 34 has a length that is the same as or shorter than the length between the top surface 10d and the bottom surface 10e of the portable information terminal 10 in the longitudinal direction, and has the same length as the width of the belt portion 32 in the width direction. Have. The belt portion 32 and the reinforcing portion 34 are bonded via an adhesive. In addition, this invention is not limited to this fixing method, You may use another fixing method. For example, the belt portion 32 and the reinforcing portion 34 can be overlapped, and a thin film film such as a biaxially stretched film (BOPP) can be wound around and fixed to the belt portion 32 and the reinforcing portion 34.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the drop-off prevention belt 30 configured in this way is attached to the portable information terminal 10 so as to be wound around the outer periphery of the cover 14. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the drop-off preventing belt 30 has one end portion 32 a of the belt portion 32 between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14 from the top surface 10 d side of the portable information terminal 10. The other end 32b is sandwiched between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14 from the bottom surface 10e side of the portable information terminal 10 so that the reinforcing portion 34 is exposed on the back plate 16 of the cover 14. Thus, the portable information terminal 10 is fixed.

  With such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, the portable information terminal 10 can be reliably held by inserting a user's finger, for example, the index finger between the cover 14 and the drop-off preventing belt 30. That is, since the cover 14 and the drop-off prevention belt 30 hold the index finger between them, it is possible to prevent the portable information terminal 10 from dropping from the user's hand. And since the portable information terminal 10 is hold | maintained with the index finger between the cover 14 and the drop-off prevention belt 30, it becomes unnecessary to hold | maintain the portable information terminal 10 using the finger parent of the same hand as the index finger. Then, the display unit 12 can be touched over a wide range using the thumb, and the portable information terminal 10 can be comfortably operated with one hand. In the present embodiment, the case where the index finger is inserted between the cover 14 and the drop-off prevention belt 30 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this aspect, and the middle finger, the ring finger, the little finger, or a plurality of fingers are interposed between them. You can insert your finger.

  Both end portions 32a and 32b of the belt portion 32 are preferably provided so as to overlap each other between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14 as shown in FIG. Since the belt portion 32 is made of an adsorbent material, the belt portions 32 are brought into close contact with each other by overlapping both end portions 32a and 32b. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the belt portion 32 from coming off between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the belt portion 32 has a length that is twice or more than the length between the top surface 10d and the bottom surface 10e of the portable information terminal 10 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The belt portion 32 only needs to be formed longer than the length between the top surface 10d and the bottom surface 10e. In this configuration, the end portions 32 a and 32 b of the belt portion 32 may not be overlapped between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14. However, if at least a part of the belt portion 32 is sandwiched between the portable information terminal 10 and the cover 14, the drop-off preventing belt 30 can be fixed to the portable information terminal 10.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the dropout prevention belt 10 simply includes the belt portion 32 and the reinforcing portion 34 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The reinforcement part 34 will be in the state exposed in the back surface 10b side of the portable information terminal 10. FIG. Therefore, a decorative member with decoration can be provided on the surface of the reinforcing portion 34. The reinforcing part 34 and the decorative member are fixed through, for example, a seal or an adhesive. By providing the decorative member in this way, the user can enjoy the visual beauty of the decorative member.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Portable information terminal, 12 Display part, 14 Cover, 16 Back board, 18 Side board, 20 Engagement part, 30 Falling prevention belt for portable information terminals, 32 Belt part, 34 Reinforcement part.

Claims (3)

In the fall prevention belt for portable information terminals attached to the portable information terminal to which the removable cover is attached on the back,
A belt-like belt that is longer than the length between the top and bottom of the portable information terminal;
A reinforcing portion that is provided in the center of the belt portion and reinforces the belt portion to prevent the belt portion from bending and stretching;
Have
One end of the belt portion is sandwiched between the portable information terminal and the cover from the top surface side, and the other end portion is sandwiched between the portable information terminal and the cover from the bottom surface side for reinforcement. The belt is fixed to the portable information terminal so that the portion is exposed on the back plate of the cover,
A drop prevention belt for a portable information terminal. In the fall prevention belt for personal digital assistant information according to claim 1,
The belt portion is an adsorbent material and has a length that is at least twice as long as the length between the top surface and the bottom surface.
Both end portions of the belt portion are provided so as to overlap each other between the portable information terminal and the cover.
A drop-off preventing belt for mobile terminal information. In the fall prevention belt for personal digital assistant information according to claim 2,
The belt part is made of soft vinyl chloride,
The reinforcing part is formed of hard vinyl chloride harder than the belt part.
A drop-off preventing belt for mobile terminal information.

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