JP3202715U - Case for portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a case for a portable information terminal that is easy to use for both left-handed and right-handed people and that can solve the problem of usability by the handedness of a person. A terminal holding part 3 to which a portable information terminal is attached on the front side, and a protective plate 7 whose base end 5 is connected to the left and right central part of the back of the terminal holding part 3 so as to be reversible in the horizontal direction. As a result, it is possible to bend in two directions as compared to the conventional one, but the opening and closing of the portable information terminal case 1 and the usability of the portable information terminal are left-handed. For the right-handed person and the right-handed person, the portable information terminal case 1 can be provided from the standpoint of the user. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a case for a portable information terminal that detachably attaches and protects a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a mobile phone.

In recent years, cases for portable information terminals that are equipped with sophisticated smartphones, etc., have evolved remarkably so that their shapes or decorations match the market demands. Many types having a type configuration are used. As an example, a portable information terminal case including a case main body into which a side surface and a rear surface of a portable information terminal are fitted and a protective cover to which the case main body is attached is known (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-155135 A

  However, the case for the portable information terminal of the prior art is a notebook type type with a spread shape that can be opened only in one direction, so that it is easy to use for right-handed people, for example, There was a problem of usability by the handedness of people, which was a little difficult for left-handed people.

In addition, the surface of the case for the portable information terminal had no choice but to select the case for the portable information terminal from the product range with decorations designed in various ways. There was a market demand to expand the case decoration options and enjoy the portable information terminal case.

  Therefore, as a means for solving the above problems, a portable information terminal case according to the present invention includes a terminal holding portion to which a portable information terminal is attached on the front, and a base end on the left and right center of the back of the terminal holding portion. A protective plate connected in a reversible manner in the left-right direction at the portion, and the protective plate overlaps with the left and right half portions of the back surface and is bent from the back surface to the front side, The protective plate has a length that can cover one side and cover the front side, and the protection plate can be reversed left and right at the base end and can be bent both right and left from the back side. It is formed so as to be able to be protected by going around the side and covering the front.

  Furthermore, this invention is good also as the decoration which can be used as a surface material provided in both the back surface of the said terminal holding | maintenance part, and the front and back of the said protective plate.

The portable information terminal case thus configured is connected to the terminal holding unit so that the portable information terminal is held and can be reversed in the left-right direction at the center of the left and right sides of the terminal holding unit. The protective plate is made to be foldable left and right with the base end as an axis, so that it is easy to use for right-handed people when it is bent clockwise, while it is left-handed when it is bent counterclockwise. Become easy to use. Or, conversely, a left-handed person may be easy to use when bent clockwise, and a right-handed person may be easier to use when bent counterclockwise. In other words, there will be more choices for users.

  Further, the protective plate overlaps with the left and right half portions of the back surface of the terminal holding portion, and is sufficiently long to be bent from the back surface to the front side so as to go around one side of the terminal holding portion and cover the front surface. In order to cover the entire periphery of the portable information terminal, the portable information terminal case is intended to be attached and protected in a removable manner. It is also along.

In addition, the case for the portable information terminal is provided with a decoration designed so that it can be used as a surface material on both the back surface of the terminal holding part and the front and back surfaces of the protective plate. The selection range of the decoration is widened, such as the same decoration or different decoration between the front and back surfaces.

  In addition, since the protective plate can be bent to the left and right with the base end as an axis, it can be bent in only one direction as compared to the conventional method. Regardless of whether the portable information terminal case is open or closed.

  According to the present invention, since the protective plate can be bent in both the left and right directions with the base end as an axis, it can be bent in two directions as compared to the conventional method. Since the opening and closing of the portable information terminal case and the convenience of the portable information terminal can be handled according to the handedness of the person, it is equally easy for left-handed people and right-handed people to use it. The portable information terminal case from the standpoint of can be provided.

In addition, the terminal holding part and the protective plate are provided with a decoration that can be used as a front material on both the front and back surfaces, so that the front and back surfaces can be switched according to the mood at that time, such as changing clothes at the season. can do.

In addition, the above-mentioned case for the portable information terminal has the same design on the front and back surfaces, or a different decoration on the front and back surfaces, and a decoration that associates the front and back surfaces. Can be provided.

  Furthermore, since the protective plate can be bent in both the left and right directions with the base end as an axis, the degree of freedom in the opening and closing direction of the portable information terminal case is increased, and accordingly, the portable information terminal Operability is also improved.

  Furthermore, a part of the protection plate connected to the terminal holding part and the left and right central part of the back of the terminal holding part so as to be able to be reversed in the left-right direction overlaps the back of the portable information terminal, and the part is thick. Therefore, the strength of the case for the portable information terminal is also improved from the viewpoint of protecting the portable information terminal.

It is the perspective view seen from the front of the case for portable information terminals which shows one Example of the case for portable information terminals of this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 1 as viewed from the back of the portable information terminal case. 1 shows one embodiment of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 1, in which the portable information terminal is set in the portable information terminal case and the protection information is lifted from the terminal holding portion. It is the perspective view which looked at the case for terminals from the front. 1 shows an embodiment of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 1, in which the portable information terminal is set in the portable information terminal case, and the protective plate wraps around one side of the terminal holding portion to cover the front surface. It is the perspective view of the case for portable information terminals in the state formed so that protection was possible, and the state closed with the band provided in the front-end | tip of a protection board. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the portable information terminal case showing the embodiment of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 1 and showing the moving direction of the protective plate. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 1 as viewed from the front of the portable information terminal case in which the protective plate is inverted approximately 180 degrees with the base end as an axis. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 6 as viewed from the back of the portable information terminal case. FIG. 6 shows an example of the portable information terminal case of FIG. 6, in which the portable information terminal is set in the portable information terminal case, and the protective plate wraps around the other side of the terminal holding portion to cover the front surface. It is the perspective view of the case for portable information terminals in the state formed so that protection was possible, and the state closed with the band provided in the front-end | tip of a protection board.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the portable information terminal case 1 of the present invention has a terminal holding part 3 to which a portable information terminal P is attached on the front and a base end 5 on the back of the terminal holding part 3. And a protective plate 7 connected in a reversible manner with respect to the left-right direction at the left-right center part. The protective plate 7 overlaps with the left and right half portions of the back surface 31, is bent from the back surface 31 to the front side, and wraps around one side 713 or the other side 733 of the terminal holding unit 3. 33 has a length that can cover 33. The protective plate 7 can be reversed left and right at the base end 5 and can be bent both left and right from the back surface 31, and one side 713 or the other side 733 of the terminal holding portion 3 can be It wraps around and covers the front face 33 so that it can be protected.

  The protective plate 7 includes a first protective plate 71 and a second protective plate 73, and the first protective plate 71 is a first fixed protective plate that is attached to the right half of the back surface 31. 711 and the base end 5, and the second protective plate 73 is connected to the second fixed protective plate 731 attached to the left half of the back surface 31 at the base end 5. Become. The base end 5 is flexibly connected to the first and second fixed protective plates 711 and 731.

  The terminal holding unit 3 includes a back plate 35 formed in a rectangular shape, and a holding wall 37 that surrounds the periphery of the back plate 35 and is erected, so that the portable information terminal P is connected to the holding wall. It can be fitted and held in 37. As another form of the terminal holding unit 3, an adhesive plate may be provided in front of the back plate 35 instead of the holding wall 37.

The protective plate 7 is overlapped with the left and right halves of the back surface 31 with the base end 5 as an axis, and is bent from the back surface 31 to the front side, and the one side 713 of the terminal holding portion 3 or the other The base plate 5, the first bent portion 75, and the second bent portion 77 are provided as bent portions of the protective plate 7 so as to go around the side 733 and cover the front surface 33.

  The protective plate 7 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape. The left and right central portions of the protective plate 7 are formed with the first bent portion 75 that is slightly wider than the height of the holding wall 37 of the terminal holding portion 3 and bends at the first bent portion 75. be able to. Further, the protective plate 7 has an extension plate portion 91 in which the base end 5 side portion of the first bent portion 75 is formed to have the same width as the left and right half portions of the back surface 31 of the terminal holding portion 3. A flat plate portion 771 is formed which is formed and has a tip side portion of the first bent portion 75 having the same width as the entire width of the terminal holding portion 3.

  A strip-like flexible band 79 extending outward is provided at the vertical center of the leading edge of the flat plate portion 771. The base end of the band 79 is formed with the second bent portion 77 that can be bent flexibly with respect to the flat plate portion 771, and the protection plate 7 is bent so that the back surface 31 of the terminal holding portion 3 is formed. The closed state of the protective plate 7 can be maintained by fixing the band 79 with one of the first and second fixed protective plates 711 and 731.

  The first bent portion 75 may be a hard belt-like resin plate similar to the extension plate portion 91 and the flat plate portion 771. In this case, the boundary portion between the first bent portion 75 and the extension plate portion 91 and the boundary portion between the first bent portion 75 and the flat plate portion 771 are formed of a narrow and flexible resin or the like. The bent line portion T is preferable. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the bent line portion T is preferably formed by forming a constriction in which both the front surface and the back surface become concave toward the thickness center. The extension plate portion 91 and the flat plate portion 771 can be bent through the bent line portion T formed in this way until they are perpendicular to the first bent portion 75, and the surface side And it can be bent to any of the back side. Further, the protective plate 7 can be folded left and right from the back 31 toward the front.

The first protective plate 71 and the second protective plate 73 connected to each other at the base end 5 are bonded together to form the protective plate 7. The first protective plate 71 and the second protective plate 73 both have the same configuration, and are made of one or two layers of artificial leather such as polyurethane resin or synthetic leather. In the case of two layers, it is also preferable to embed a thin resin plate made of a pattern paper or an acrylic plate in the middle, improving the strength of the protective plate 7 and improving the protective performance of the portable information terminal P. Can be increased.

The first bent portion 75 is formed with the bent line portion T formed of a concave constriction so as to be easily bent, so that the first bent portion 75 has left and right sides from the back surface 31 toward the front side. The protection plate 7 can be bent on both sides, and the operating range is increased in two directions instead of the conventional one so that the flat plate portion 771 and the band 79 that close the terminal holding portion 3 can be grasped with a dominant hand. As a result, the portable information terminal case 1 can be opened and closed smoothly.

As another example, a soft material is used for the base end 5, which is also a bent portion of the protective plate 7, the first bent portion 75, and the second bent portion 77, and the other portable information. Even when a hard material is used for the flat plate portion 771 that protects the terminal P, the protection plate 7 can be bent both left and right from the back surface 31 toward the front surface in the first bent portion 75.

2 and 7, a hard magnetic material 791 made of a thin ferrite magnet or the like is embedded in the band 79 provided at a substantially central portion of the front end of the protective plate 7, and the protective plate 7 is provided. The first and second fixed protective plates 711 and 731 that are in positions facing the band 79 when the portable information terminal case 1 is closed to either the left or right side by bending each bent portion of A soft magnetic material 793 made of thin iron or the like is embedded. As a result, the hard magnetic material 791 of the band 79 is attracted to the soft magnetic material 793 of any of the first and second fixed protective plates 711 and 731, so that the portable information terminal case 1 The closed state can be maintained. The hard magnetic material 791 embedded in the band 79 and the soft magnetic material 793 embedded in the first and second fixed protective plates 711 and 731 may be interchanged.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the bending direction of the protective plate 7 is the first direction A, the first protective plate 71 is the first fixed protective plate 711 in the right half of the back surface 31 first. Next, the first bent portion 75 wraps around the one side 713 of the terminal holding portion 3, and the flat plate portion 771 covers the front surface 33 and is finally embedded in the band 79. The hard magnetic material 791 can be attracted to the soft magnetic material 793 embedded in the second fixed protective plate 731 to maintain the closed state of the portable information terminal case 1.

On the other hand, when the bending direction of the protective plate 7 is set to the second direction B, the second protective plate 73 first overlaps the second fixed protective plate 731 in the left half of the back surface 31, and then The first bent portion 75 wraps around the other side 733 of the terminal holding portion 3, the flat plate portion 771 covers the front surface 33, and is finally embedded in the band 79. 791 can be attracted to the soft magnetic material 793 embedded in the first fixed protective plate 711 to keep the portable information terminal case 1 closed.

  The portable information terminal case 1 thus constructed is bent in only one direction because the protective plate 7 can be folded left and right around the base end 5 as an axis. Therefore, it was possible to bend in two directions. Therefore, since the opening and closing of the portable information terminal case 1 and the convenience of the portable information terminal P can be handled according to the handedness of the person, it is equally easy to use for both left-handed and right-handed people. Become. Therefore, the portable information terminal case 1 can be provided from the standpoint of the user. Similarly, since the protective plate 7 can be bent left and right with the base end 5 as an axis, a degree of freedom in the opening / closing direction of the portable information terminal case 1 appears, and accordingly, the portable type The operability of the information terminal P is also improved.

The imaging lens of the portable information terminal P can be exposed on the upper part of the terminal holding part 3 and is horizontally long and penetrates the first fixed protective plate 711 attached to the back surface 31 of the terminal holding part 3. The first hole 751 is provided so that the protective plate 7 does not shield the first hole 751 when the protective plate 7 is bent in the first direction A. A second hole 753 is provided in the protective plate 7 at the corresponding position.

Further, a horizontal long third hole 755 for the speaker of the portable information terminal P is provided in the upper part of the flat plate portion 771 of the protective plate 7, and the portable type is formed at the lower end of the terminal holding portion 3. A horizontally long fourth hole 757 for the microphone of the information terminal P is provided. The portable information terminal case 1 thus configured has the first hole 751, the second hole 753, the third hole 755, and the fourth hole 757, thereby providing the portable information terminal case 1. The photographing by the camera function of the information terminal P can be simplified, and the conversation by the speaker / microphone function of the portable information terminal P can be performed. In addition to these holes, it is preferable to provide a small hole for a switch or the like.

The surfaces of the first fixed protective plate 711 and the second fixed protective plate 731 attached to the back surface 31 of the terminal holding unit 3, and the first protective plate 71 and the second protective plate 73. Both the front and back surfaces are provided with decorations 9 and 9 (in the present embodiment, illustrations simulating a rabbit and a rhombus are shown as examples) so that they can be used as a surface. The decorations 9 and 9 can adopt, for example, the same decoration on all surfaces, a decoration different from the front and back surfaces, or a decoration that associates the front and back surfaces. Will spread.

In addition, the design of the decorations 9 and 9 is an illustration imitating a rabbit and rhombus shape as in the present embodiment, or is a photograph of animals or nature, and is not limited to animals or nature, Needless to say, it is a landmark tower or a character product, and its variations are widespread.

The portable information terminal case 1 thus configured is provided with a decoration that allows the front and back surfaces other than the terminal holding unit 3 to which the portable information terminal P is attached to be used as a surface material. 9 itself can select the same decoration for the front and back surfaces, a different decoration for the front and back surfaces, and a decoration for associating the front and back surfaces. Therefore, the range of options of the purchaser is widened, and even in the purchaser's use stage, the front and back surfaces are changed to the first direction A depending on the mood at that time, as in the change of season, or the first The portable information terminal case 1 that can be switched to the second direction B or to switch the bending direction of the protective plate 7 can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case for portable information terminals 3 Terminal holding | maintenance part 5 Base end 7 Protection board 9 Decoration 31 Back surface 33 Front 35 Back board 37 Holding wall 71 1st protection board 73 2nd protection board 75 1st bending part 77 2nd Bent portion 79 Band 91 Extension plate portion 711 First fixed protective plate 713 One side 731 Second fixed protective plate 733 Other side 751 First hole 753 Second hole 755 Third hole 757 First Four holes 771 Flat plate portion 791 Hard magnetic material 793 Soft magnetic material A First direction B Second direction P Portable information terminal T Bend line portion

Claims (2)

A terminal holding unit to which a portable information terminal is attached on the front;
The base end has a protective plate connected to the left and right central portion of the back surface of the terminal holding portion in a reversible manner with respect to the left and right direction, and
The protective plate overlaps with the left and right half portions of the back surface, is bent from the back surface to the front side, has a length that can wrap around one side of the terminal holding portion and cover the front surface,
The protective plate can be reversed left and right at the base end and can be bent from the back side to both the left and right sides. A portable information terminal case. 2. The portable information terminal case according to claim 1, wherein a decoration that can be used as a front surface is provided on both the back surface of the terminal holding portion and the front and back surfaces of the protective plate.

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