KR20230011224A - Case for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of an invention disclosed in the present specification relates to a mobile phone case. The mobile phone case according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first surface covering the rear surface of a mobile phone, a second surface extending from the end of the first surface to cover the side surface of the mobile phone, at least two or more grooves formed on the second surface, and a buffer member fitted into the grooves.

Description

Cell phone case {CASE FOR MOBILE PHONE}

The present invention relates to a mobile phone case that prevents damage to a mobile phone by mitigating an impact applied to the mobile phone in combination with the mobile phone.

More specifically, a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied is a smartphone-type mobile phone having a touch-enabled display on one surface and performing information input through the display, and the present invention is a smartphone-type mobile phone that is elastically formed on the outer circumferential surface of the smartphone-type mobile phone. It is covered, but it relates to a mobile phone case in the form of wrapping around the circumferential side of the display and the rear surface of the display of the smartphone.

A mobile phone is a telephony terminal, and is a device that a user carries and uses. In addition to communication, mobile phones are equipped with many additional functions such as DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), navigation, camera, digital sound source MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) and multimedia player that plays digital videos. , The role of digital devices is being fulfilled by application programs called APPs (Applications).

Recently, a mobile phone that has been released is a smartphone-type mobile phone that has a display (touch screen) capable of being touched on one surface and allows a user to perform information input through the display. Users can access wireless Internet through data communication networks and WiFi (wireless fidelity) such as 3G (3-Generation), 4G (4-Generation), 5G, etc. through smartphones, as well as more additional functions are being added, Its design and shape are becoming more and more beautiful, and it is larger in size than existing smartphones, so it is difficult to mount it in a clothing pocket, but there is no significant difference in weight. As such, it is difficult to mount in the pocket of clothing, but since it performs more than a portable PC in terms of its function, it is clear that many consumers are using it and it is a trend that will increase in the future. In the case of such a smartphone, the front surface is a bar-type formed of a touch screen, and the front touch screen is processed with tempered glass.

However, tempered glass has strong advantages against scratches and impacts from the front, but is very vulnerable to impacts from the side, so if a user of a smartphone whose display panel is made of tempered glass accidentally drops the smartphone to the ground during use , problems such as the front panel protecting the display panel or the display panel itself being broken due to impact with the ground occur.

Accordingly, users are more sensitive to scratches, scratches, and damage that may occur on their relatively expensive and beautiful mobile phones, and furthermore, the tendency to use the exterior of the mobile phone as an accessory suitable for their personal taste is becoming stronger. Mobile phone cases of various types and materials that boast a beautiful appearance while preventing damage to mobile phones have been developed and marketed as needed.

Smartphone cases are largely divided into a pouch type for storing and storing a cell phone in a storage space made of leather or fabric, and a wallet made of leather to form a space for storing a cell phone inside and to open and close the cover. It is divided into a type and a housing/case type that is made of synthetic resin materials such as plastic and silicon and stores the mobile phone in an internal storage space.

Registered Patent No. 10-1118708 (2012.02.28. Announcement, hereinafter Prior Literature) discloses a bumper case for mobile phones. Prior literature relates to a bumper case for a mobile phone, which is provided in a structure suitable for a smartphone having a touch-type information input means, and is elastically covered on the outer circumferential surface of the smartphone rim, but includes some outer circumferences of the front and rear surfaces of the smartphone It relates to a bumper case for a mobile phone with improved functions that can contribute to protecting the exterior of a smartphone, expressing a user's personality, and improving radio reception sensitivity by providing a bumper case of a c-shaped cross-sectional structure frame in which a locking jaw is formed to be wrapped.

However, when the mobile phone is dropped, the corner of the smartphone falls toward the ground mechanically. In this case, the prior invention has a structure in which it is difficult to relieve the impact concentrated on the corner of the smartphone.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems.

One of the various tasks of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone case having a structure capable of mitigating the impact applied to the corner of the smartphone when the smartphone falls and hits the ground for other reasons.

Various embodiments for solving the problem of the present invention are a first surface covering the rear surface of the mobile phone and a second surface extending from the end of the first surface to cover the side surface of the mobile phone and at least formed on the second surface. It is possible to provide a mobile phone case including two or more grooves and a shock absorbing member fitted into the grooves.

The groove may be formed at a position corresponding to a side edge of the mobile phone.

The buffer member may be detachably coupled to the groove.

The groove may include a coupling protrusion protruding toward an inner surface of the second surface, and the buffer member may include a coupling hole into which the coupling protrusion is inserted.

The buffer member may further include a base made of an elastic material and inserted into the groove and bent to correspond to the shape of a corner portion of the mobile phone, and a plurality of support members protruding from the base.

The support members may protrude from positions spaced apart at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the base.

The support member may be formed at a symmetrical position with respect to the coupling hole.

Each feature of the above-described embodiments may be implemented in combination in other embodiments unless inconsistent with or exclusive of the other embodiments.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the user can adjust the degree of alleviation of the shock applied to the edge portion of the smartphone by selectively coupling the buffer member of the present embodiment to the groove formed inside the case of the smartphone.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to those described above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly recognized by those skilled in the art from the description below.

1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone case according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 3 are side views of the cell phone case represented in FIG. 1 .
Figure 4 is a top view of the mobile phone case represented in Figure 1;
5 is a view showing a mobile phone case and a buffer member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The detailed descriptions that follow are provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, devices and/or systems described herein. However, this is only an example and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of a user or operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification. Terminology used in the detailed description is only for describing the embodiments of the present invention and should in no way be limiting. Unless expressly used otherwise, singular forms of expression include plural forms. In this description, expressions such as "comprising" or "comprising" are intended to indicate any characteristic, number, step, operation, element, portion or combination thereof, one or more other than those described. It should not be construed to exclude the existence or possibility of any other feature, number, step, operation, element, part or combination thereof.

Also, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used in describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention. These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and the nature, order, or order of the corresponding component is not limited by the term.

1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone case according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views of the mobile phone case represented in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a top view of the mobile phone case represented in FIG.

It will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 below.

The mobile phone case of this embodiment may include a first surface 10 and a second surface. The first surface 10 may cover the back of the mobile phone. The back side of the mobile phone may refer to the opposite side on which the display is formed. More specifically, the mobile phone may be provided in a rectangular plate shape having a predetermined thickness. A display that can be physically touched by a user and conveys visual information to the user can be formed on one surface, and the surface on which the display is formed can be defined as the front of the mobile phone. The rear surface of the mobile phone may refer to a surface opposite to the front surface on which the display is formed. And the predetermined thickness can connect the front and rear surfaces and form the side of the mobile phone.

The first side 10 of this embodiment may cover the back of the mobile phone.

A second face may extend from the end of the first face 10 to cover the side of the mobile phone. More specifically, the second surface may be formed to extend along the longitudinal direction of the side of the mobile phone so as to surround the side of the mobile phone in the circumferential portion formed by the first surface 10 .

Therefore, when the mobile phone case of this embodiment is coupled to the mobile phone, it may be provided in a form surrounding the rear and side surfaces of the mobile phone. And the second surface may be formed longer than the longitudinal direction of the side of the mobile phone. Therefore, when the mobile phone case is coupled to the mobile phone, the end of the second surface may protrude more than the display of the mobile phone. As the end of the second surface protrudes more than the display of the mobile phone, it is possible to prevent an impact unrelated to the user's intention from being applied to the display of the mobile phone.

The mobile phone case applied in this embodiment can be manufactured and processed from a soft rubber material with excellent elasticity. In addition, various colors can be created by mixing various colors to improve the aesthetics of the exterior, and other various pattern patterns can be integrally molded and provided on the inner/outer surface.

The second surface may include vertical surfaces 21 and 23 covering the vertical side of the mobile phone and horizontal surfaces 25 and 27 covering the horizontal side of the mobile phone. And the second surface is a corner surface 22 formed between the horizontal surface 25 and the vertical surface 21, a corner surface 24 formed between the vertical surface 21 and the horizontal surface 27, and a horizontal surface It may include a corner surface 26 formed between (27) and the vertical surface 23 and a corner surface 28 formed between the vertical surface 23 and the horizontal surface 25.

That is, the second surface connects the two vertical surfaces 21 and 23 covering the scene among the side surfaces of the mobile phone, the two horizontal surfaces 25 and 27 covering the end surface among the side surfaces of the mobile phone, and the vertical surface and the horizontal surface. And may include edge surfaces (22, 24, 26, 28) covering the corner of the side of the mobile phone.

In the cell phone case of this embodiment, various function keys necessary for useful use of the smartphone as well as various connection connectors are located. In this embodiment, various operations and connections are also performed in response to the positions of these function keys and connection connectors. A perforated part is formed so that the corresponding part can be freely exposed in the form of a space, or the function key part except for the connection connector part is made of soft material so that external operation can be easily performed while the mobile phone case is in close contact. It can be provided only limitedly by double injection in a state where the rubber material is specially processed to be thin and has excellent elasticity.

In this embodiment, the first button 211 and the second button 231 may be formed of a soft rubber material as described above. In addition, the first perforation part 271 and the second perforation part 273 may be formed.

As an example of various embodiments of the present invention, the first button 211 may be formed at a position corresponding to a physical button capable of turning on or off the mobile phone, and the second button 231 may be It can be formed at a location corresponding to a physical button that can increase or decrease the volume of the mobile phone.

This embodiment is one example of various embodiments of the present invention, and the first perforated part 271 may be formed at a position corresponding to a terminal formed in a mobile phone. The terminal may refer to a terminal to which a connector for supplying power to a mobile phone or connecting a mobile phone and an external electronic device may be connected.

This embodiment is an example of various embodiments of the present invention, and the second perforated part 273 may be formed at a position corresponding to a speaker formed in a mobile phone. The speaker may be formed of a plurality of holes perforated on a part of the side surface of the mobile phone, and the second perforation part 273 may be formed at a position corresponding to an area where the plurality of holes are formed.

Meanwhile, the first surface 10 may have a lens insert 11 formed thereon. More specifically, a camera module for shooting may be generally provided on the rear surface of a smartphone, and a lens may protrude more than the rear surface to capture better quality videos and images such as high resolution and wide angle. Therefore, the lens insertion part 11 of this embodiment forms a perforation into which a protruding lens is inserted on the rear surface of the smartphone, and the first surface as the lens insertion part 11 is perforated on the first surface 10. Since the depth corresponding to the thickness of (10) is formed, when the smartphone is coupled to the mobile phone case of this embodiment, the lens protruding from the rear surface of the smartphone can be prevented from protruding from the surface formed by the rear surface of the mobile phone case.

Figure 5 (a) is a view showing a mobile phone case and a buffer member according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 (b) is a view showing the buffer member of Figure 5 (a).

It will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 below.

The mobile phone case of this embodiment may include a buffer member 100, and the buffer member 100 may be fitted into grooves (221 and 241 hereinafter described based on 221).

A groove 221 may be formed on the second surface. More specifically, the groove 221 may be formed at a position corresponding to the side edge of the mobile phone, and in the case of this embodiment, two vertical surfaces 21 and 23 and two horizontal surfaces 25 and 27 of the second surface. ) and may be formed on the inside of the corner surfaces 22, 24, 26, and 28 covering the corner of the side of the mobile phone.

As the groove 221 is formed, when the mobile phone case is coupled to the mobile phone, since the outer surface of the side edge of the mobile phone case and the inner surface of the mobile phone case are spaced apart from each other, an empty space corresponding to the depth formed by the groove 221 can be formed. This empty space can form a kind of buffer space when the mobile phone combined with the mobile phone case of this embodiment falls and collides with the ground.

When the mobile phone falls, it generally hits the ground with its edge facing downward rather than a plane-by-plane drop with high air resistance. The risk of breakage can be reduced.

In addition, since the buffer member 100 of this embodiment is fitted into the groove 221 to support the edge of the mobile phone and form a buffer space spaced apart at a predetermined interval, the risk of damage to the mobile phone can be minimized.

Therefore, the grooves of this embodiment are fitted to the inner surfaces corresponding to the corner surfaces 22, 24, 26, and 28, and the buffer member 100 is fitted into the grooves formed on the inner sides of the corner surfaces 22, 24, 26, and 28, respectively. Combined, the impact concentrated on the corner of the mobile phone can be alleviated.

The groove 221 may include a coupling protrusion 2211 protruding toward the inner surface of the second surface. The direction toward the inner surface of the second surface means a direction from one of the vertical surfaces 21 and 23 of the second surface to the other vertical surface 23 and 21, and the inner surface of the second surface. It can be defined as a direction toward the space where the mobile phone is coupled in.

As described above, the buffer member 100 is detachably provided in the groove 221 . More specifically, the buffer member 100 may be formed with a coupling hole 101 into which a coupling protrusion is inserted. The coupling hole 101 may be formed through a hole in the shock absorbing member 100, and the coupling protrusion 2211 may be inserted into the coupling hole 101 so that the shock absorbing member 100 may be fitted into the groove 221.

The buffer member 100 may include a base 110 made of an elastic material inserted into the groove 221 and bent to correspond to the shape of the corner of the mobile phone, and a plurality of support members 130 protruding from the base 110. can

The corner of the mobile phone inserted into the mobile phone case of this embodiment may have a different R-value of the curved surface depending on the model of the mobile phone. Therefore, the edge surfaces 22, 24, 26, and 28 of the mobile phone case may also be formed differently depending on the mobile phone model. Since the base 110 of this embodiment is made of an elastic material and fitted to the edge surfaces 22, 24, 26, and 28, it can be coupled to correspond to the curved surface of the mobile phone model.

The support member 130 may protrude from one surface of the base 110 . One surface of the base may be defined as a surface opposite to a surface in contact with the groove 221 when the shock absorbing member 100 is fitted into the groove 221 .

Since the support member 130 protrudes from the base 110, the base 110 is bent to correspond to the shape of the corner of the mobile phone and when fitted into the groove 221, the base 110 is damaged beyond the elastic threshold. can prevent it from happening. That is, the durability of the base 110 can be increased by the support member 130 .

In addition, when the mobile phone case and the mobile phone to which the buffer member 100 is coupled are coupled, the end of the support member 130 may be provided to contact the edge of the mobile phone. In this case, the surface of the base 110 on which the support member 130 is not formed is spaced apart from the corner of the mobile phone, and thus a buffer space can be formed as described above. This buffer space can mitigate the impact applied to the corner of the mobile phone case equipped with the mobile phone case of this embodiment.

For the above effect, the support members 130 may protrude at positions spaced apart at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the base 110 . In addition, the support member 130 may be formed at a symmetrical position relative to the coupling hole 101 . Since the support member 130 is formed at a position symmetrical with respect to the coupling hole 101, the aforementioned buffer space can be evenly distributed. In addition, in this case, of course, it is preferable that the coupling protrusion 2211 is formed in the center of the groove 221 .

Although various embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications are possible to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments and should not be defined, and should be defined by not only the claims to be described later, but also those equivalent to these claims.

10: first surface 21, 23: vertical surface
25,27: horizontal plane 22,24,26,28: edge plane
221: Home
100: buffer member 101: coupling hole
110: base 130: support member

Claims (1)

a first surface covering the back of the mobile phone;
a second surface extending from an end of the first surface and covering a side surface of the mobile phone;
at least two grooves formed on the second surface; and
A mobile phone case including a shock absorbing member fitted into the groove.

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