KR101561842B1 - Smartphone-protecting Case - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smartphone which can be stably gripped by a smartphone even when the cover is opened for a call and has a flip-type case with a liquid crystal screen protection cover, Protection case.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smartphone protective case comprising a front cover, a joint cover, and a rear cover formed at corresponding positions on an upper surface, a left surface, and a rear surface of a smartphone, A case body having a folded end formed at a boundary portion between the cover, the joint cover and the rear cover, and having an insertion grille formed at an interface between the front cover and the joint cover; And an elastic ring is formed at an angle portion of the expansion spring, and a center member length of the expansion spring is set to a length Expansion means in which the center member is inserted and fixed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the joint cover so that the elastic ring is inserted into the bent end; And locking means formed at corresponding positions of the end portions of the front cover and the rear cover so that the automatic deployment of the front cover by the deploying means is restricted.

Description

Smartphone Protection Case {Smartphone-protecting Case}

The present invention relates to a smartphone protection case, and more particularly, to a smartphone protection case, which is composed of a flip-type case having a cover for protecting a liquid crystal screen and capable of stably holding a smartphone even when the cover is opened for a call The present invention relates to a smartphone protection case in which a cover is opened and closed in a one-touch manner.

In addition to the mobile phone function of voice communication, the smart phone refers to a mobile phone having a data communication function such as a wireless Internet access, and a CPU or the like is built in so that various application programs can be operated.

Particularly, in a smart phone, a liquid crystal screen is formed over the entire front surface for inputting a variety of commands and outputting image information. However, due to the nature of the portable device, the frequency of occurrence of scratches or the frequency of occurrence of scratches tends to be high. A case in which an expensive smart phone can be protected is required.

The smartphone protection case can be divided into a flip-type case having a front cover for protecting the liquid crystal screen and an insertion-type case in which a liquid crystal screen is exposed. The insertion type case is formed of a slender box type having an opened top face and made of a stretchable synthetic resin material so that the smart phone can be mounted through the opened top face. Although the liquid crystal display is constantly exposed, it is advantageous in that it is convenient to use. However, there is a problem that breakage or scratch due to falling occurs frequently compared to the flip case.

The flip case has a front cover that can protect the liquid crystal screen, thereby stably protecting the smart phone from falling damage or scratching. However, as shown in FIG. 1, the grip (a) And the smartphone is often detached from the user's hand due to carelessness and is frequently damaged.

When the front cover 1 is folded so as to overlap with the rear cover 2 in order to prevent the above-described accident, the folding operation of the case is troublesome, So that the durability of the case may be deteriorated.

KR 10-1246026 B1 2013.03.15.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems of the prior art, and a problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a smartphone capable of stably holding a smartphone even when a front cover is opened, To provide a smartphone protection case that can be done automatically.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a protective smartphone case in which the front cover can be opened and closed by a one-touch method by a magnetic force or an elastic force.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smartphone protective case comprising a front cover, a joint cover, and a rear cover formed at corresponding positions on an upper surface, a left surface, and a rear surface of a smartphone, A case body having a folded end formed at a boundary portion between the cover, the joint cover and the rear cover, and having an insertion grille formed at an interface between the front cover and the joint cover; And an elastic ring is formed at an angle portion of the expansion spring, and a center member length of the expansion spring is set to a length Expansion means in which the center member is inserted and fixed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the joint cover so that the elastic ring is inserted into the bent end; And locking means formed at corresponding positions of the end portions of the front cover and the rear cover so that the automatic deployment of the front cover by the deploying means is restricted.

The locking means 30 formed in the smartphone protective case of the present invention may include a top fixing end 31a and a bottom bottom fixing end 31a formed at corresponding positions of the front cover 11 and the back cover 15, And a magnetic lock unit 31 to which the magnet is fixedly attached to the upper fixed end 31a and the lower fixed end 31b.

The locking unit is formed in a shape of a letter A. The locking unit 32 is fixed to the rear cover 15 so that the locking unit can be locked or unlocked from the front cover 11. [ A pair of latching rings 36 fixed to the rear cover 15 in mutually opposite states and a pair of latching hooks 36 formed in the front cover 11 in a state of being formed in the latching locks 33, And an insertion type locking unit (35) having a protruding end (37) which can be inserted and fixed between the locking protrusions (36).

According to the present invention, since the grip of the smartphone can be stably maintained even when the front cover is deployed through the insertion grip hole, it is possible to prevent the falling of the smartphone due to unstable grip, Since the deployment is performed automatically, the usability of the smartphone is improved.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the front cover can be opened and closed in a one-touch manner through the magnet lock unit and the deploying means, the smart phone can be used quickly and accurately such as call reception.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a flip-type smartphone protective case according to the related art.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a smartphone protective case according to the present invention. FIG.
3 is a perspective view illustrating a smartphone protection case according to the present invention;
4 is a perspective view showing a magnet lock unit of a smartphone protective case according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a locking type locking unit of a smartphone protective case according to the present invention. FIG.
6 is a perspective view showing an insertion locking unit of a smartphone protective case according to the present invention;

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a smartphone protection case according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a smartphone protection case according to the present invention. 2 and 3, the smartphone protection case of the present invention includes a case body 10 surrounding the outside of the smartphone 100, a deploying means 20 And a locking means 30 formed at an end of the case body 10.

According to the present invention, the case body 10 can be deployed with the insertion finger hole 16 formed in the case body 10 so that the thumb of the user grasps the edge of the smartphone 100, The opening and closing of the case body 10 can be performed in a one-touch manner by fastening and releasing the fastening means 20 and the locking means 30.

The case body 10 covers the upper surface, the left surface and the rear surface of the smartphone 100 to protect the smartphone 100 from an external shock or scratch, and a front cover 11, The cover 13 and the rear cover 15 are formed.

The case body 10 may be made of a rigid base plate (not shown) for holding the shape of the outer shell on the inner side or the back side of the case body 10 with the sheaths of the leather or the like as an outer shell. However, the folded end 12 is formed at the boundary portion so that the base plate is excluded so that the front cover 11, the joint cover 13, and the rear cover 15 are rotated.

A plurality of holes 14 may be formed on the front cover 11 or the rear cover 15 so that the user can easily recognize voice information of the smartphone 100 or output information of the liquid crystal screen.

In addition, a fixing holder 17 is formed on the rear cover 15 to fix the smartphone 100 and heat generated from the CPU of the smartphone 100 can be smoothly discharged , A spacing means 19 may be formed so as to form a predetermined gap between the smartphone 100 and the back cover 15. At this time, it is preferable that the material of the spacing means 19 is made of an elastic material such as silicone rubber so as to perform a buffering function together with a heat radiation function.

(11) and the joint cover (13) so that the automatic cover is not disturbed by the user's fingers, The insertion pawl hole 16 is formed.

2, if the front cover 11 is deployed with the thumb of the user holding the left edge of the smartphone 100, It becomes possible to grasp the pawn 100. Accordingly, the front cover 11 can be rapidly deployed and the smart phone 100 can be stably gripped. In addition, since the front cover 11 blocks the external noise in the unfolded state, Even in a noisy area, calls can be made smoothly.

The deploying means 20 deploys the front cover 11 when the locking means 30 is released from locking and a pair of deployment springs 21 having a shape of ' And an elastic ring 23 for providing an elastic force to the deploying spring 21 is formed at each corner of the deploying spring 21.

The expansion springs 21 are inserted and fixed in both longitudinal ends of the joint cover 13 so that the elastic rings 23 need to be inserted so as not to interfere with the opening and closing of the front cover 11. [ The length L of the center member 25 of the expansion spring 21 is set to be equal to the width W of the joint cover 13 so that the elastic ring 23 contacts the folding end 12 ). ≪ / RTI >

4 is a perspective view illustrating a magnet lock unit of a smartphone protective case according to the present invention. 3 and 4, the locking means 30 functions to limit the automatic deployment of the front cover 11. To this end, the locking means includes the front cover 11 and the rear cover 15 The magnetic lock unit 31, the lock-type lock unit 33, and the lock-type lock unit 35 can be selectively employed to perform the above function .

The magnetic lock unit 31 locks the front cover 11 and the rear cover 15 by magnetic force. To this end, the front cover 11 and the rear cover 15 are provided with a fixing member And a magnet is attached and fixed to the upper fixed end 31a or the lower fixed end 31b. The upper fixed end 31a and the lower fixed end 31b are fixed to the upper fixed end 31a or the lower fixed end 31b, respectively. Therefore, when the user forcibly separates the mutual fixing of the fixed end, the automatic opening of the front cover 11 is performed by the elastic force of the elastic ring 23.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a locking type locking unit, which is another embodiment of the locking means formed in the smartphone protective case according to the present invention. 3 and 5, the locking unit 33 is formed in a shape of a letter "A" when viewed from the side. When the locking unit 33 is fixed to the rear cover 15, The front cover 11 is locked or unlocked by the front cover 11 to open and close the front cover 11.

In this case, an inclined surface 32a may be formed on the upper surface of the latching end 32 so that the engagement of the latching end 32 and the front cover 11 is smoothly performed. The fixing portion A of the rear cover 15 may be provided with a hinge member a and a spring b.

6 is a perspective view showing an insertion type locking unit which is another embodiment of the locking means formed in the smartphone protective case according to the present invention. 3 and 6, the insertion type locking unit 35 is fixed to the rear cover 15 such that a pair of latching rings 36 are opposed to each other. In the front cover 11, A protruding end 37 inserted and fixed between the first and second protrusions 36 is formed.

In this case, in order to smoothly insert and fix the protruding end 37 into the retaining ring 36, both the upper surface of the retaining ring 36 and the protruding end 37 are formed to have a predetermined inclination angle? .

In order to smoothly release the projecting end 37, the retaining ring 36 is made of a material that can be elastically deformed. When the user inserts the fingertip between the two retaining rings 36 (p The engagement of the projecting end 37 can be released by the deploying means 20 through the phenomenon that the engagement ring 36 is opened by the elastic deformation of the bent portion 36a.

According to the present invention, since the grip of the smartphone can be stably maintained even when the front cover is opened through the insertion grip hole, the drop of the smartphone due to unstable grip can be prevented, The convenience of use of the smartphone is improved and the opening and closing of the front cover can be performed in a one-touch manner through the magnetic lock unit and the deploying means, so that the smartphone can be used quickly and accurately .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

10: Case body
11: front cover 12: bent edge
13: joint cover 15: rear cover
16: Inserting phage hole
20: deployment means
21: deployment spring 23: elastic ring
25: center member
30: Locking means
31: magnetic lock unit 32:
33: locking type locking unit 35: insertion type locking unit
36: Retaining ring 37:

Claims (4)

In a smartphone protection case covering the top, left and back sides of the smartphone 100,
A front cover 11, a joint cover 13 and a rear cover 15 formed at corresponding positions on the top, left and back sides of the smartphone 100 and coupled to rotate with each other, A folded end 12 is formed at the boundary between the front cover 11 and the rear cover 15 and an insertion grip hole 16 is formed at the interface between the front cover 11 and the joint cover 13. [ A case body 10;
And a pair of expansion springs 21 having a "C" shape so that the front cover 11 is automatically expanded. An elastic ring 23 is provided at each corner of the expansion spring 21, The length l of the center member 25 of the expansion spring 21 is equal to the width w of the joint cover 13 and the elastic ring 23 is bent at the bending end 12, (20) in which the center member (25) is inserted and fixed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the joint cover (13) so as to be inserted into the joint cover (13). And
Locking means 30 (30) formed at mutually corresponding positions of the ends of the front cover 11 and the rear cover 15 so that the automatic deployment of the front cover 11 by the deploying means 20 can be restricted, );
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A fixing holder 17 is protruded to fix the smartphone 100 to the rear cover 15,
A spacing means 19 is formed to protrude so as to form a gap between the smartphone 100 and the back cover 15 so that heat generated from the smartphone 100 can be smoothly discharged. Smartphone protection case.
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