KR20100010802A - A protect case for portable device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A protection case for a portable device is provided to replace only a replaceable picture plate, thereby removing the entire protection case for the portable device. CONSTITUTION: A case member(110) surrounds a portable device. On the central part of the case member, a receiving hole(116) penetrated in backward and forward directions is formed. A replaceable picture plate(120) is separately combined with the receiving hole from the rear part of the case member. The replaceable picture plate includes a base plate(121) and a printing layer(122). The base plate is formed by transparent materials. The printing layer is formed on the rear side of the base plate. The printing layer includes a drawing, a character and a symbol.

Description

A protect case for portable device

The present invention relates to a protective case for a mobile device, and more particularly, to a protective case for a mobile device that prevents the mobile device from being damaged by an external impact and makes the exterior of the mobile device beautiful.

Recently, with the rapid development of information and communication technology, the penetration rate of portable devices such as mobile phones and PDAs has increased. The functions of mobile devices are also equipped with a variety of functions in addition to the existing simple call function and information reception function.

In particular, most mobile phones and MP3 players are equipped with a camera function for shooting, as well as a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service that provides various multimedia signals such as voice and pictures. Accordingly, mobile devices such as mobile phones are gradually being advanced because DMB receiving chips are included to receive high-quality and high-definition broadcasting such as compact discs and digital video discs (DVD) through PDAs or dedicated terminals on the go. It is true.

In order to prevent the damage of the mobile device due to external shocks and keep the mobile device clean for a long time in accordance with the trend of high-end mobile devices, cases for the corresponding models are manufactured and sold. . Since the protective case must be able to withstand a relatively strong impact, a tough, hard and transparent ABS resin is used. In addition, the shape and size of the protective case for a mobile device is determined according to the appearance of the mobile device.

On the other hand, as users have a desire to have a protective case of a different design than other users, there is an example of printing a specific picture or letters on the surface of the protective case. Such a protective case causes a problem that the printed picture is discolored by an external foreign matter or the letters are erased by an external impact or scratch. In order to solve this problem, there is an example in which a picture or text is coated with a coating on a printed surface or a predetermined pretreatment operation is performed before printing.

In addition, the conventional protective case for a mobile device has to be a separate coating or pre-treatment work, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased. In addition, when the user uses the protective casing for a long time, there is a problem that the durability of the coating agent is lowered and cannot be used permanently. In addition, when exporting the protective case overseas, there is a problem that the coating agent is difficult to export to the country designated as the prohibited item. In addition, in the case of printing a picture on the front surface of a conventional protective case for a mobile device, a method of printing a picture by spraying ink on the case member, the sprayed ink is lost to the atmosphere at the rounded corners of the case member There is a problem that the picture is not printed clearly.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a protective case for a mobile device that is not deteriorated or peeled off by an external force while the picture or text is shown to the outside without a separate coating process or pretreatment process.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is formed to surround the mobile device, the case is formed with a housing hole penetrated in the front and rear direction and the replacement is detachably coupled to the receiving hole from the rear of the case member It is provided with a paint plate, the replaceable paint plate, which is formed on the back of the base plate made of a transparent material, and provides a protective case for a mobile device having a printed layer containing a picture, letters and symbols.

In the protective case for a mobile device according to the present invention, when the user mounts the protective case for the mobile device of the present invention on a mobile device, and the picture printed on the replaceable paint is demonstrated or a scratch occurs on the outer surface of the replaceable paint, The user only needs to replace the replaceable paint plate, so there is no need to replace the entire protective case for the mobile device.

In addition, in the protective case for a mobile device of the present invention, since the printing layer is formed on the rear surface of the base plate, the printing layer is not peeled off or damaged by the external force.

In addition, since the protective case for a portable device of the present invention does not have to undergo a separate coating or pretreatment work, unlike a conventional protective case for a mobile device, manufacturing cost can be saved.

Hereinafter, the technical configuration of the present invention according to the accompanying drawings in detail.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a protective case for a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the illustrated case member of FIG. 2 shows a lower side.

Referring to FIG. 1, the protective case 100 for a portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a case member 110 and a replaceable paint plate 120.

The case member 110 is formed to surround the mobile device. In the case member 110, an accommodating hole 116 is formed in which the central portion penetrates in the front-rear direction. The case member 110 is formed in a shape having rounded corners to surround the front or rear case of a mobile device, for example, a mobile phone. The combination of the case member 110 and the mobile device may be used in various ways, but will be described as an example. A plurality of locking protrusions 115 are formed to be bent from the edge of the case member 110 toward the inside of the mobile device, and the locking protrusions 115 are caught by the edges of the front case of the mobile device. This is merely exemplary, and any structure may be used as long as the case member 110 can be coupled to a mobile device. In addition, exposure holes 125 and 114 may be formed in the case member 110. The exposure holes 125 and 114 penetrate the camera unit 11 disposed on the front of the mobile device to be exposed to the outside, so that the case member 110 when the user uses the camera of the mobile device. ) Does not cover the camera unit (11).

The replaceable paint plate 120 is detachably coupled to the accommodation hole 116 from the rear of the case member 110. The replaceable paint plate 120 includes a base plate 121 and a print layer 122.

The base plate 121 is made of a transparent material. The base plate 121 may be made of transparent acrylic or transparent polycarbonate (PC: Polycarbonate). The base plate 121 made of transparent acrylic and transparent polycarbonate has excellent light transmittance, and the members located behind the base plate 121 can be seen from the outside. The base plate 121 may be formed of a nearly curved surface or may be a flat surface. Such a shape makes it easy to form the printed layer 122 on the base plate 121. In addition, the base plate 121 may make the picture of the printed layer 122 appear to be refracted to the outside, so that the user may feel that the picture is three-dimensional.

The print layer 122 is formed on the rear surface of the base plate 121. The print layer 122 may be printed with pictures, characters and symbols by a variety of printing techniques such as flat plate printing, screen printing and transfer techniques using a permeable direct ink. In addition, the printing layer 122 may be an adhesive sticker on which a picture is drawn. In the protective case 100 for a mobile device of the present invention, the color of the case member 110 is a specific color, and the printing layer 122 is also the same color as the color of the case member 110. It is also possible to make the member 110 and the replaceable paint 120 appear to be integral.

An exposure hole 125 may be formed in the replaceable paint plate 120. The exposure hole 125 is formed so that the display unit 12 (refer to FIG. 2) and the button unit 13 (refer to FIG. 2) disposed on the front of the mobile device can be exposed to the outside so that the user can display the display unit of the mobile device ( 12, see FIG. 2), so that the image output to the display unit 12 (see FIG. 2) can be directly displayed to the user without passing through the replaceable paint plate 120.

On the other hand, in the present invention, the case member 110 is formed to surround the edge of the front case of the mobile device, the replaceable paint plate 120 is formed to surround most of the front of the mobile device than the case member 110 It can be formed with a relatively large area. As described above, when the user uses the protective case 100 for a portable device of the present invention and replaces the replaceable paint plate 120 with the replaceable paint plate 120 printed with another picture, the user uses the portable device for the mobile device. It may feel as if the entire protective case 100 has been replaced.

2 is a perspective view illustrating a process in which the protective case 100 for a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the portable device.

As shown in FIG. 2, the user assembles the replaceable paint plate 120 on which the desired picture is printed from the rear of the case member 110 to the accommodation hole 116, and the case member 110 on the front or the rear of the portable device. )). When the user mounts and uses the protective case 100 for the mobile device of the present invention on the mobile device 10, the printed picture is displayed on the replaceable paint plate 120 or a scratch occurs on the outer surface of the replaceable paint plate 120. When the user does not replace the entire protective case 100 for the mobile device, the user only needs to replace the replaceable paint plate 120.

In addition, in the protective case 100 for a mobile device of the present invention having the structure as described above, since the print layer 122 is formed on the back of the base plate 121, the print layer 122 is peeled off or damaged by an external force. Will not be.

In addition, in the case of printing a picture on the front surface of a conventional protective case for a mobile device, a method of printing a picture by spraying ink on the case member, the sprayed ink is lost to the atmosphere at the rounded corners of the case member The picture is printed clearly. Since the base plate 121 is formed almost flat, the protective case 100 for a portable device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is easy to print a picture, and is printed on the protective case 100 for a conventional mobile device. You can print a clearer picture than you do.

In addition, unlike the conventional protective case 100 for a mobile device, the protective case 100 for a portable device of the present invention does not have to undergo a separate coating or pretreatment operation, thereby saving manufacturing costs.

On the other hand, a non-transmissive layer 123 may be further formed on the rear surface of the print layer 122 of the replaceable paint plate 120. The non-transmissive layer 123 is made of a non-transparent material. The non-transmissive layer 123 prevents the front surface of the mobile device from being projected to the outside so that the pictures, symbols, and figures of the printed layer 122 formed on the rear surface of the base plate 121 are clearly projected to the front surface.

3 is an exploded perspective view showing a coupling structure of the case member 110 and the replaceable paint plate 120 in the protective case 100 for a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Meanwhile, for convenience of description, the case member 110 is viewed from below, and the replaceable paint plate 120 is viewed from above.

An example of a coupling structure of the case member 110 and the replaceable paint plate 120 will be described.

The case member 110 is provided with a departure prevention portion 111 and the position fixing protrusion 112.

The departure preventing part 111 protrudes toward the replaceable paint plate 120 along the inner wall of the accommodation hole 116. The detachment preventing unit 111 prevents the replaceable paint plate 120 from being separated from the front surface of the case member 110 in a state in which the replaceable paint plate 120 is mounted on the case member 110.

Position fixing protrusion 112 is formed on the back of the separation prevention portion 111 and protrudes toward the replaceable paint plate 120 from the inner wall of the receiving hole 116. In more detail, the position fixing protrusion 112 is inscribed between the inner wall of the receiving hole 116 and the separation prevention portion 111.

In addition, a position fixing groove 124 is formed at a position corresponding to the position fixing protrusion 112 at the periphery of the replaceable paint plate 120. The position fixing groove 124 is formed so that the position fixing protrusion 112 is inserted. Since the position fixing protrusion 112 is fitted into the position fixing groove 124 by the interference fit, the replaceable paint plate 120 is coupled to the case member 110, and the replaceable paint plate 120 from the front to the rear. If no force is applied to the front surface of the panel), the replaceable paint plate 120 is not detached from the case member 110.

Alternatively, the position fixing protrusion 112 is not coupled to the position fixing groove 124 by interference fit, the replacement paint plate 120 is assembled in the receiving hole 116 of the case member 110, the replacement It is also possible to make the rear surface of the mold-type paint plate 120 to be in close contact with the outer surface of the portable device without any play so that the replaceable paint plate 120 is coupled to the case member 110.

4 is an exploded perspective view showing a protective case for a mobile device according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the decorative member is coupled to the case member taken along the VV line of FIG. .

Here, the components except for the decorative member 130 in the protective case for a mobile device according to another embodiment of the present invention are the same as the above-described protective device for the mobile device (100, see FIG. 1) and described with the same reference numerals. Detailed description will be omitted.

The protective case for a mobile device according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a decorative member 130 as another example.

The decorative member 130 is assembled to the fixing hole 113 from the rear of the case member 110. The decorative member 130 includes a support part 131, an insertion part 132, and a protrusion 133.

The support part 131 is in contact with the rear surface of the case member 110 in which the fixing hole 113 is formed.

The insertion part 132 is formed on the front surface of the support part 131 and accommodated in the fixing hole 113, and the circumference of the insertion part 132 is in contact with the inner surface of the fixing hole 113. This structure allows the decorative member 130 to be fixed in the fixing hole 113. The insertion part 132 may be coupled to the fixing hole 113 by interference fitting so that the decorative member 130 may be strongly coupled to the fixing hole 113.

The protrusion 133 extends from the insertion part 132 to the front of the case member 110. The protrusion 133 is exposed to the front of the case member 110 and is visible to the users. The protruding portion 133 not only makes the appearance of the portable device beautiful, but also has a structure that protrudes to the outside to prevent the portable device from sliding from the hand when the user's hand contacts the portable device.

The decorative member 130 as described above may be formed of a transparent material so that the user may look like a jewel, and may further arrange a deposition surface 140 including a specific color on the lower surface of the decorative member 130. The color of the deposition surface 140 is visible to the user through the transparent decorative member 130. The structure in which the decorative member 130 and the case member 110 are coupled to each other can be inserted by interference fit, and the back of the decorative member 130 and the back of the case member 110 may be adhered to each other with an adhesive tape or the like. It is possible.

It describes a method of manufacturing a protective case for a portable device having the above structure.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing a protective case for a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the method for manufacturing a protective case for a mobile device according to the present invention includes forming a printing layer on a rear surface of a base plate made of a transparent material (S1), and accommodating holes to correspond to the base plate at the center of the case member. Forming a step (S2), and step (S3) of detachably coupling the base plate to the accommodation hole from the rear of the case member.

7A to 5 are diagrams illustrating respective steps of manufacturing a protective case for a mobile device. Hereinafter, each step of the method for manufacturing a protective case for a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 7A to 8.

First, as shown in FIG. 7A, the printed layer 122 is formed on the rear surface of the base plate 121. Here, the printed layer 122 may include a picture, letters and symbols. As the method of forming the printed layer 122 on the base plate 121, various printing techniques such as flat plate printing, screen printing, and transfer technique may be used, and may be made by hand. Here, the material of the base plate 121 may be made of transparent acrylic or transparent polycarbonate (PC: Polycarbonate). As the base plate 121 is made of a transparent material as described above, the printing layer 122 is projected to the front, so that the user can see a picture, letters and symbols of the printing layer 122.

Meanwhile, in the forming of the printing layer 122 on the rear surface of the base plate 121, the printing layer 122 may be formed at least once on the rear surface of the base plate 121 as illustrated in FIG. 7B. For example, in the case of printing a strawberry on the print layer 122, the body of the strawberry is printed in red (122a), the leaves of the strawberry is printed in green (122b). Then, a non-transmissive layer 123 is applied to the back of the strawberry picture. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the red body 122a and the green color 122b may be printed at the same time to simultaneously form the body and leaves of the strawberry.

In addition, after the printing layer 122 is formed on the rear surface of the base plate 121, the step of forming the non-translucent layer 123 made of a non-transmissive material on the rear surface of the base plate 121 is illustrated in FIG. 7C. It may further include. This is for the non-transmissive layer 123 to cover the entire surface of the mobile device so that the picture of the printed layer 122 can be clearly seen from the front.

Next, the housing member penetrates the front and rear directions in the case member 110. The case member 110 is formed to surround the outer surface of the mobile device, and may be formed by a general injection method. Herein, the process of forming the receiving hole in the case member 110 and the process of forming the printing layer 122 on the rear surface of the base plate 121 may be independently performed in any order.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 8, the base plate 121 is detachably coupled to the accommodation hole from the rear of the case member 110.

Meanwhile, in the step of detachably coupling the base plate 121 to the accommodation hole from the rear of the case member 110, the base plate 121 protrudes toward the base plate 121 from an inner wall of the accommodation hole of the case member 110. The position fixing protrusion 112 is inserted into the position fixing groove 124 formed around the base plate 121.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and any person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may have various modifications and equivalent other embodiments. I will understand the point. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing a protective case for a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a perspective view illustrating a process in which a protective case for a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the mobile device.

3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a coupling structure of a case member and a replaceable paint plate in a protective case for a mobile device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing a protective case for a portable device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which a decorative member is coupled to a case member along the V-V line of FIG. 4.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing a protective case for a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B illustrate a step of forming a printed layer on a base plate.

FIG. 7C is a diagram illustrating a step of forming a non-transmissive layer on a base plate.

8 is a cross-sectional view showing the step of joining the base plate to the case member by taking it along the line X-X of FIG.

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110. Case member 111. Breakaway prevention part

112. Position fixing protrusion 115. Jamming protrusion

116..Accepting hole 120.Replacing paint

121. Base plate 122. Printing layer

123. Non-transparent layer 124. Position fixing groove

125. Exposure hole 130. Decorative member

131. Support 132. Insert

133..projection

Claims (5)

A case member formed to surround the mobile device, the housing member having a center portion penetrated in a front and rear direction; And And a replaceable paint plate detachably coupled to the accommodation hole from the rear of the case member. The replaceable paint, A base plate made of a transparent material, and formed on the back of the base plate, a protective case for a mobile device, characterized in that it comprises a printed layer containing a picture, letters and symbols. The method of claim 1, The base plate is a protective case for a mobile device, characterized in that made of transparent acrylic or transparent polycarbonate (PC: Polycarbonate). The method of claim 1, Protective case for a mobile device, characterized in that the non-translucent layer of the non-transparent material is further formed on the back of the print layer of the replaceable paint. The method of claim 1, The case member, A separation prevention part protruding toward the central portion of the case member along the inner wall of the accommodation hole, and a position fixing protrusion formed on a rear surface of the separation prevention part and protruding toward the central part from the inner wall of the accommodation hole, A protective case for a mobile device, characterized in that the periphery of the replaceable paint plate, a position fixing groove formed to be introduced into a position corresponding to the position fixing protrusion. The method of claim 1, At least one fixing hole is further formed in the case member. A support part in contact with a rear surface of the case member in which the fixing hole is formed, an insertion part formed on the front surface of the support part and accommodated in the fixing hole, and a protrusion extending from the insertion part to extend in front of the case member; And at least one decorative member assembled to the fixing hole from the rear of the case member.

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