JPH11341127A - Portable communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily put in and out of an inside of a pocket and to prevent a drop to outside or the like from being erroneously caused by accomodating a communication function device inside and providing a latch device to a rear side upper part of a body case with a sound exit hole provided to a front side upper part. SOLUTION: A latch device 7 is composed of a transparent hole 9 on a rear side case 3, an elastic plate 10 inside this transparent hole 9, a supporting wall 11 on both sides outside of the transparent hole 9, an abutting wall 12 for restricting the movement of a latch piece 8 on an upper side and the latch piece 8 axially supported around a shaft fixed to the supporting wall 11. The latch piece 8 makes a curve part of its base part 13 brought into press contact with the elastic plate 10 and has an elastic material 14 inside of its tip part, this elastic material 14 and an opposite touch part 15 provided to the rear side case 3 are provided so as to face to each other and are made to be engaged in a saw-teeth-shape. The latch piece 8 moves in the arrow directions while elastically energized respectively. Press contacts the and is stopped at an upper limit position after brought into contact with the abutting wall 12. Thus, it is possible to chip an upper edge of a pocket of carrier's cloth, to latch and stably hold the communication function device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a small portable telephone,
The present invention relates to a portable communication device such as a radio receiver and the like, which can be used by being locked to clothes or a hat.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, communication devices such as portable telephones and radio receivers have been reduced in size and weight, and the main body has been tended to be stored in a clothes pocket as it is, or carried in a bag or handbag. is there.

Conventionally, when carrying a communication device such as a telephone or a radio, the communication device has been housed in a dedicated holder case and put in a clothes pocket or handbag, or held on a pants belt. Although this dedicated holder is configured to wrap the communication device main body so as not to fall out, the dedicated holder itself cannot be directly attached to clothes or bags.

[0004] On the other hand, some communication device bodies have a strap that also serves as an accessory attached thereto. This includes
Jigs that are not directly attached to clothes or handbags are not attached, but are simply equipped with retainers to prevent loss, and do not remove the risk of falling out of pockets while carrying and moving. Did not.

A user of a conventional small portable communication device uses a long string or chain to connect to clothes or a handbag or to specify a storage location as a measure for preventing damage due to loss or drop. However, this mobile method has a problem that the response at the time of reception is impaired.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention proposes the following portable communication device to solve the above-mentioned problems.
That is, the present invention relates to a portable communication device including a main body case in which a communication function device is housed and a sound exit hole for receiving sound or the like is provided in an upper front portion, and a locking device provided in an upper rear portion of the main body case.

Next, the locking device includes a locking piece extending downward from an upper portion of the rear surface of the main body case and having its front end provided with elasticity in the rear direction.

Further, the locking device is provided with an adhesive on a mounting surface, and is adhered and fixed to the rear surface of the main body case with the adhesive. Is adopted.

Further, the locking device is detachably provided on the back of the main body case.

[0010]

When the portable communication device according to the present invention is used, the main body case containing the communication function device is arranged in a pocket such as clothes so that the sound exit hole is located at the upper part, and the locking device is used. It locks.

[0011] In this locking device, a pocket of clothes is clamped between itself and the rear surface of the main body case by a locking piece having elasticity, and is engaged.

Further, the locking device is attached to an arbitrary position of the main body case with an adhesive on the mounting surface, and may be detachably attached to the main body case and used only when necessary.

[0013]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body case of a portable communication device, for example, a portable small telephone, which is formed in a box shape by a front case 2 and a back case 3 and has therein a communication function device 4 and a sound generation device necessary for telephone communication. 5 are stored. The sound generator is located inside the upper position of the front case 2 and faces the sound outlet hole 6 provided in the upper part of the front case. Further, the front case 2 is provided with a power switch button, a telephone function operation button, a display device, and the like necessary for the mobile phone.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a locking device, which is provided with a locking piece 8 extending downward from the upper portion of the rear case 3 and having its front end provided with elasticity in the rear direction.

According to FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking device 7 has a through hole 9 in the rear case 3 and an elastic plate 10 inside the through hole.
And support walls 11, 11 on both sides outside of the through hole 9, a contact wall 12 for restraining the movement of the locking piece 8 on the upper side, and the locking piece 8 pivotally supported by the support walls 11, 11. The locking piece 8 is formed by connecting the bent portion of the base 13 to the elastic plate 1.
The elastic member 14 is provided inside the distal end portion, and the elastic member and the contact portion 15 provided on the rear case 3 are opposed to each other and are fitted in a sawtooth shape. The locking pieces 8 are elastically moved in the directions indicated by the arrows in FIG. 2 and move, and abut against the contact wall 12 to be stopped at the upper limit position.

According to FIG. 3, in the locking device 7, the locking piece 8 and the base piece 16 are integrally formed of metal or synthetic resin, and are elastically provided by themselves in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The piece 16 is provided on the rear case 3 by bonding 17.

According to FIGS. 4 to 7, the locking device 7 is provided with a substrate 18, supporting walls 11, 11 opposed to both sides in one surface direction of the substrate, and a contact wall 12 also on the upper side. Further, a contact portion 15 is provided at the lower portion of one surface, and an adhesive sheet 1
9 are provided.

Numeral 20 denotes an arc-shaped elastic plate having notches 21 on both sides thereof.
The upper and lower ends are mounted on the substrate 18 by fitting and locking with the first and the first substrates 11. The locking device 7 according to this embodiment includes FIGS.
The base of the locking piece 8 similar to that of the above-described embodiment is
1 and 11, and the bent portion of the base 13 is
It is pressed against 0. Similarly, the elastic member 14 is provided, and the surface thereof is to be saw-toothed with the elastic member 14.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show another embodiment. In the locking device 7, the base member 18 is provided with longitudinal split grooves 21 and 21 and is opened downward, and the leading end thereof is a free end. Engaging pieces 22, 2
2 and the claw 23 at the tip end thereof are provided. On the other hand, the rear case 3 is provided with engaging members 25, 25 having the engaging grooves 24, 24 facing each other in the vertical direction, and the engaging pieces 22, 22 are detachably received and locked in the engaging grooves 24, 24. Like that. In this embodiment, the structure in which the locking piece 8 is pivotally supported by the support walls 11 and 11 and pressed against the elastic plate 20 is the same as described above.

In another embodiment shown in FIG. 12, the mounting position of the locking device 7 is specified on the rear case 3 by a plurality of ridges 26 formed integrally with the case. The ridges surround the four sides to set a specific position.

In another embodiment shown in FIG. 13, a clip having two plates 27, 27 shown in FIG. The one plate 27 is bonded and fixed to the upper part of the rear case 3.

In the embodiment described above, the rear case 3 holds the battery case 28 below the rear case 3 as shown in FIG. 13, but it is also conceivable that the battery case 28 extends to the upper rear portion and also serves as the rear case. It belongs to the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. The other of the plate members 27 is the locking side 8.
It goes without saying that it performs the same function as.

Although all of the above embodiments have been described with respect to small portable telephones, other communication devices such as small radios can be implemented as such.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the communication function device is accommodated inside, and the main body case is provided with the voice outlet hole at the upper front part and the locking device provided at the upper rear part of the main body case. With the locking device, the upper edge of the pocket of the clothes can be clamped and locked, and the portable communication device can be stably held in the pocket, and it is very easy to put in and out of the pocket, There is no chance of accidentally dropping out.

Also, the locking device has its own elastic force or
With the elasticity provided by other means, the stored state can be more stably held in the pocket as described above.

Furthermore, the locking device facilitates the mounting operation by the adhesive on the mounting surface, strengthens the mounting, and can obtain the normal position when the pocket is housed by the predetermined mounting position.

In addition, since the locking device is detachable from the main body case, it can be attached and used only when necessary. Therefore, when not necessary, it is possible to carry the main body case in a thin state with only the thickness of the main body case.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable communication device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portable communication device having another embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a locking device used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal section of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a portable communication device having another embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a portable communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a portable communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the locking device used in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Front case 3 Back case 4 Communication function device 5 Audio generation device 6 Audio exit hole 7 Locking device 8 Locking piece 9 Through hole 10 Elastic plate 11, 11 Support wall 13 Base 14 Elastic material 15 Contact part 19 Adhesive sheet 20 Elastic plate

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A portable communication device having a communication function device housed therein, a main body case having an audio outlet hole at an upper front portion thereof, and a locking device provided at an upper rear portion of the main body case. 2. The portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein said locking device includes a locking piece extending downward from an upper rear portion of the main body case and having a tip end provided with elasticity in a rear direction. 3. The locking device according to claim 2, wherein an adhesive is provided on the mounting surface.
3. The portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is fixed to the back surface of the main body case by the adhesive. 4. The portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein the locking device is detachably provided on a back surface of the main body case. 5. The portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein positioning for providing a locking device is performed on an upper portion of a rear surface of said main body case.