WO2005062731A2

WO2005062731A2 - Loop string connector accessory for protecting portable phone from losing

Info

Publication number: WO2005062731A2
Application number: PCT/KR2004/003549
Authority: WO
Inventors: Mi Kyoung Shin; Nam Soo Lee
Original assignee: Mi Kyoung Shin; Nam Soo Lee
Priority date: 2003-12-30
Filing date: 2004-12-30
Publication date: 2005-07-14
Also published as: WO2005062731A3; KR200346572Y1

Abstract

Disclosed is a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, having a straight shape so that the cellular phone may be carried on a bag, the chest, the palm or the back of the hand not to be lost and various accessories may be hung thereto. The connection string accessory includes a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with single or multiple strings in a straight type; a first connector (120) including a joint (130) connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (13.2), a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert. Hole (132), and an openable hook (150) having a- connection ring (152) formed at one end and. detachably combined to the ring (140); and a second connector (160) having the same shape as the first connector (120) so as to be. connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110).

Description

[DESCRIPTION] [Invention Title] LOOP STRING CONNECTOR ACCESSORY FOR PROTECTING PORTABLE PHONE FROM LOSING [Technical Field]

<ι> The present invention relates to a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, and more particularly to a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which is configured in a straight shape so that the cellular phone may be carried on a bag, the chest, the palm or the back of the hand not to be lost and various accessories may be hung thereto. [Background Art]

<2> Generally, a string is connected to a cellular phone so that the cellular phone may be carried with hanging the string around the wrist. The cellular phone connection string generally has a looped shape. Thus, when the string is connected to a cellular phone, one end of the string is inserted into an insert hole formed on the top of the cellular phone, and then the other portion of the string is inserted and drawn into the inserted portion, which allows the string to be connected to the cellular phone in an easy way.

<3> However, this cellular phone connection string has no elasticity, so it is not easily hung around the wrist. In addition, since the string is easily departed from the wrist, the cellular phone may be fallen down and broken on the ground or easily lost. Moreover, since the cellular phone connection string has a looped shape, it is not easy to carry the cellular phone without hanging the string around the wrist. For example, the cellular phone may not carried on the bag or the chest.

<4> For this reason, most users connecting a necklace string to the cellular phone connection string to hang the cellular phone around the neck. In other case, users receive a cellular phone in a separate phone pocket, which may be combined to a belt, in order to carry the cellular phone.

<5> Meanwhile, there are some cases that a string with a pendent or another decorative matter is connected to a cellular phone in order to use the cellular phone itself as an accessory. However, it has no relation with preventing lost of a cellular phone.

<6> As shown in Fig. 1, a conventional connection string accessory 10 includes a connector 30 having an insert hole so that a cut 0-ring 40 is detachably inserted into the insert hole. A fitting hole is formed one side of the connector 30 so that a cellular phone connection string 20 may be inserted therein.

<7> In addition, an accessory 40 capable of having various shapes is detachably combined to the cut 0^~ring 40.

<8> As mentioned above, the conventional cellular phone connection string accessory may act as an accessory, not giving a function of preventing loss of a cellular phone, since the cellular phone connection string 20 connected to the fitting hole of the connector 30 is fit and fixed to the cellular phone at the other end thereof. [Disclosure] [Technical Problem]

<9> The present invention is designed in consideration of the above problems of the prior art, and an object of the invention is making it possible to carry a cellular phone not to be lost by collecting ends of a cellular phone connection string having a straight shape, inserting a center portion of the string into the cellular phone so that two loops are come out, and then hanging various kinds of accessories to one loop and hanging a ring or a fashionable safety pin to the other loop so that the cellular phone may be carried on a cloth, a bag, the chest, the palm or the back of the hand. ιo> In addition, an object of the invention is to provide a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which may give a function of preventing loss of a cellular phone as a functional connection ring that gives a wearing feeling when a flexible is threaded into beads or the shammed to make a wristlet or a ring and that allows a user to hold a matter when a cellular phone is naturally moved to the back of the hand. [Technical Solution] n> In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which includes a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with a single string or multiple strings in a straight type; a first connector (120) including a joint (130) connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (132), a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert hole (132), and a hook (150) having a connection ring (152) formed at one end and detachably combined to the ring (140), the hook (150) being capable of opening and shutting; and a second connector (160) having the same shape as the first connector (120) so as to be connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110). 12> According to the present invention, an accessory (170) may be further combined to any of the first and second connectors (120)(160).

<13> In another aspect of the invention, there is also provided a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which includes a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with a single string or multiple strings in a straight type; a third connector (220) including a joint (130) connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (132), a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert hole (132), and a fashionable safety pin (250) detachably combined to the ring (140); and a fourth connector (260) including a joint (130) connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (132), and a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert hole (132).

<14> An accessory (170) may be further combined to the ring (140) of the fourth connector (260) . 15> In still another aspect of the invention, there is also provided a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which includes a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with a single string or multiple strings in a straight type; a fifth connector (320) including a connection cylinder (330) having insert holes (331)(331) correspondingly formed in both side of an outer circumference thereof so as to connect one end of the cellular phone connection string wherein the connection cylinder has one end open and the other end to which one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) is inserted and also has an insert hole (332) to which a knot of the cellular phone connection string is fixed, a ring (340) connected to the connection cylinder (330) through the insert holes (331) (331), and a connection sphere (350) having an insert hole (351) formed in one side of an outer circumference by means of the ring so that the ring (340) is detachably combined to the outer circumference opposite to the insert hole (351); and a sixth connector (360) having the same shape as the fifth connector (320) so that the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110) is connected thereto. 16> Preferably, a wristlet (180) configured by threading a plurality of beads (182) with an elastic string (184) is connected to one of the connectors (120 and 160)(220 and 260)(320 and 360), and a ring (190) configured by threading a plurality of beads (182) with an elastic string (184) is connected to the other one. 17> Features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent using the detailed description of the following preferred embodiments. Prior to the description, it should be understood that terms or words used in the specification and the claims should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical spirit of the present invention on the ground that an inventor may suitably define the concept of a work in order to describe his/her own invention in the best way. [Description of Drawings]

<i8> Fig. 1 shows a conventional cellular phone connection string accessory according to the prior art; 19> Fig. 2 shows a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 20> Fig. 3 is an enlarged view showing a connector; 2i> Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing that an accessory is hung to the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention and is also connected to the cellular phone; <22> Fig. 5 shows the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone in use according to the first embodiment of the present invention; <23> Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing a modification of the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which is connected to a cellular phone, according to a second embodiment of the present invention; <24> Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing that the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone shown in Fig. 6 is connected to a cellular phone and is also carried on a cloth; <25> Fig. 8 shows a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to a third embodiment of the present invention; <26> Fig. 9 shows an example that a wristlet and a ring are hung to the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone shown in Fig. 8; <27> Fig. 10 is a side view showing an example of a bead used in the wristlet and the ring; <28> Fig. 11 shows an example of bead arrangement for the wristlet and the ring; <29> Figs. 12 and 13 shows the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone shown in Fig. 8 in use; <30> Fig. 14 is an enlarged sectional view showing a connector that configures the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

<3i> Fig. 15 is a schematic view showing a connector that configures a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

<32> Fig. 16 shows that the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone may be used in a different mode according to another embodiment of the present invention. [Mode for Invention]

<33> First Embodiment

<34> A connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 2 to 5.

<35> As shown in Fig. 2, the connection string accessory 100 of this embodiment includes a cellular phone connection string 110, a first connector 120 and a second connector 160. The connection string accessory 100 is composed of a single string or a plurality of strings in a straight type, differently from the conventional loop type.

<36> The cellular phone connection string 110 may be detachably connected to a cellular phone H at its center position as shown in Fig. 4. That is to say, after a center portion of the cellular phone connection string 110 is folded, a loop at its center portion is inserted into a connection hole formed on the cellular phone H. And then, both ends of the cellular phone connection string 110 are inserted into and pulled through a looped portion protruded through the connection hole so that the cellular phone connection string 110 may be connected to the cellular phone H in an easy way.

<37> As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the first connector 120 includes a bell- shaped joint 130, a ring 140 having one end cut, and a hook 150. The bell- shaped joint 130 is connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string 110. An insert hole 132 is formed in the bell-shaped joint 130 so that the cut ring 130 may be detachably combined therein. The bell-shaped joint 130 may be made of synthetic resin and has a two-part structure as shown in Fig. 3, so the cellular phone connection string 110 may be connected thereto by pressing the two-part structure with inserting the cellular phone connection string 110 therein. The hook 150 is formed at one end of a connection ring 152 to which the ring 140 having one cut end is detachably combined. An open portion of the hook 150 may be opened or closed by means of a handle 154 elastically rotated by a torsion spring 156 (see Fig. 3).

<38> In addition, the second connector 160 has the same shape as the first connector 120 and is connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string 110, thus not described in detail here.

<39> According to this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4, an accessory 170 may be detachably combined to the hook 150 at any of the first connector 120 and the second connector 160. The accessory 170 may have various shapes, and various kinds of accessories made of a pendent and the shammed, or a doll made of woolen fabric may be used as an example. In some cases, a key may be combined thereto.

<40> Thus, the cellular phone H may be carried on a bag or the like by using the hook 150 of the connector without an accessory as shown in Fig. 5. Thus, in the case that it is hard to carry the cellular phone H by hand or another portion, the cellular phone H may be carried using the above method so that the cellular phone H is not lost. In addition, in case of carrying the cellular phone H, it is possible to exhibit a beauty by means of the accessory 170.

<41>

<42> Second Embodiment

<43> A connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 6 and 7.

<44> The connection string accessory 200 of this embodiment includes a third connector 220 and a fourth connector 260 as alternatives of the first and second connectors 120 and 160 of the first embodiment. The same reference numeral is endowed to the same component as in the first embodiment, and it is not described in detail here. 45> As shown in Fig. 6, the third connector 220 includes a bell-shaped joint 130 connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string 110, a cut ring 140 detachably combined to the joint 130, and a fashionable safety pin 250 detachably combined to the ring, while the fourth connector 260 includes a bell-shaped joint 130 connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string 110 and a cut ring 140 detachably combined to the joint 130.

<46> An accessory 170 of various shapes may be further combined to the cut ring 140 of the fourth connector 260 detachably.

<47> According to the connection string accessory of this embodiment, a cellular phone H may be carried near the breast with the use of the safety pin 250 as shown in Fig. 7 so that the cellular phone H is not lost. In addition, the portion near the breast may be decorated using the accessory 170.

<48>

<49> Third Embodiment

<50> A connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 8 to 14.

<5i> The connection string accessory 200 of this embodiment includes a fifth connector 320 and a sixth connector 360 as alternatives of the first and second connectors 120 and 160 of the first embodiment and the third and fourth connectors 220 and 260 of the second embodiment . The same reference numeral is endowed to the same component as in the first or second embodiment, and it is not described in detail here.

<52> In the connection string accessory of this embodiment, the fifth connector 320 includes a connection cylinder 330, a connection ring 340 and a connection sphere 350, and the sixth connector 360 has the same shape as the fifth connector 320, as shown in Figs. 8 to 14.

<53> The connection cylinder 330 has one end open. As shown in Figs. 8 to 14, insert holes 331 and 331 are formed on both sides of the outer circumference of the connection cylinder 330 so that the connection ring 340 is inserted therein. In addition, the connection cylinder 330 has an insert hole 332 so that its one end is open and an end of the cellular phone connection string 110 is inserted into the other end to fix its knot. That is to say, after one end of the cellular phone connection string 110 is inserted into the insert hole 332, a knot is formed at the inserted portion, and then the knot of the cellular phone connection string 110 is hooked on the insert hole 332 and not taken off from the insert hole 332. The connection ring 340 may adopt a cut ring or a circular connection coil spirally wound two or three times. In addition the ring may adopt a uncut ring. The connection sphere 350 has an insert hole 351 at one side of the outer circumference as shown in Fig. 14. The other side of the outer circumference of the connection sphere 350 is cut, and a loop 352 is formed to one end of the cut portion so that the connection ring 340 may be detachably combined thereto. <54> Meanwhile, according to this embodiment, a wristlet 180 as shown in Fig. 9 may be detachably combined to the connection sphere 350 of the fifth connector 320, and a ring 190 as shown in Fig. 8 may be detachably combined to the connector sphere 350 of the sixth connector 360. That is to say, both sides of the cut portion of the connection sphere 350 are widened and the knob of an elastic string 184 is inserted through the insert hole 351. And then, the knob is made to a so increased size as not to be separated from the insert hole 351 and then the both sides of the cut portion of the connection sphere 350 are closed. In this way, the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 may be connected to the fifth and sixth connectors 320 and 360 easily. In addition, it is possible that a wristlet 180 composed by threading a plurality of beads 182 with an elastic string 184 is connected to one of the connectors 120 and 160, 220 and 260, and a ring composed by threading a plurality of beads 182 with an elastic string 184 is connected to the other one of the connectors 120 and 160, 220 and 260. <55> In case that the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 are made using beads 192, a hole 186 is formed in the bead 182 as shown in Fig. 10. A string 184 threads the beads 182 through the hole 186 and then both ends of the string are combined to form the wristlet 180 or the ring 190.

<56> Even in case of the connection string accessory 300 of this embodiment where the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 are combined, a cellular phone H may be carried as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. In addition, in order to enhance the function as an accessory, each component of the fifth and sixth connectors 320 and 360 is made of metal, and its surface is preferably plated.

<57> In addition to the spherical bead 182 shown in Fig. 9, the bead 182 may adopt various shapes and sizes such as a polyhedral bead, a ring-shaped bead, a trimmed spherical bead. For example, as shown in Fig. 11, at least one bead having different shapes and sizes (e.g., a cylindrical bead and a trimmed-spherical bead) may be arranged between the spherical beads to configure the wristlet 180 and the ring 190. The bead 182 may be made of various materials, such as a glass bead, a pearl bead, a crystal bead, a jade bead, a wood bead, a metal bead, a paper bead, a synthetic resin bead, a bone bead, a teeth bead and so on. Such beads made of various materials may be used in single or in combination for one wristlet 180 or ring 190. For example, a pearl bead and a crystal bead may be arranged in order between glass beads to configure the wristlet 180 or the ring 190.

<58> In particular, a wristlet 180 composed by threading spherical bio- ceramic beads 182 emitting far infrared rays and anions with the use of the elastic string may be connected to one of the connectors 120 and 160, 220 and 260, 320 and 360, and a ring 190 composed by spherical bio-ceramic beads 182 with the elastic-string 184 may be connected to the other one.

<59> In the case that the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 are combined to the connection string accessory 100 of this embodiment, the wristlet 180 is put on the wrist and the ring 190 is put on the finger so that a cellular phone H is disposed on the palm as shown in Fig. 12 or on the back of the hand as shown in Fig. 13, according to the carrying method of the cellular phone H. In the present invention, since the elastic string 184 that may be elastically extendable is used for configuring the wristlet 180 and the ring 190, the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 may be easily worn regardless of the thickness of the wrist and the finger.

<60> In the case that the cellular phone H is disposed near the palm as an example, the cellular phone may be easily carried since it may be gripped. Furthermore, since the cellular phone H is supported by the wrist and the finger by means of the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 and the cellular phone H may be gripped by the hand, it is more effective to prevent loss of the cellular phone H. In addition, since a folder of the cellular phone may be opened using only one hand in this case, it ensures a user to conveniently make or receive a call.

<6i> In addition, in the case that the cellular phone H is disposed near the back of the hand, a user may effectively grip or carry another object by the hand used for carrying the cellular phone as shown in Fig. 13. That is to say, though the cellular phone H is not gripped by the hand, the cellular phone H is supported by the wrist and the finger by means of the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 through the cellular phone connection string 110, so there is no anxiety about loss of the cellular phone H.

<62> In addition, as still another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Fig. 15, there may be used a seventh connector. In the seventh connector, the joint 350 as described in Figs. 9 and 14 is combined to a middle portion of the cellular phone connection string, composed of a single string or multiple strings together with the first and second connectors, the third and fourth connectors or the fifth and sixth connectors and connected to the string hooker 10 of a cellular phone, the ring 340 as shown in Fig. 8 being connected and combined to the joint, the hook 150 as shown in Fig. 2 being detachably connected to the ring. This connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone is configured so that the single or multiples strings may be diverged into two parts. Thus, a user may combine an accessory to each connector according to his/her taste, and then easily connect a cellular phone connection string to the seventh connector by means of a hook.

<63> As another embodiment, as shown in Fig. 16, there is provided a connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, which includes a single pressure pin or multiple pressure pins 14 (for reinforcement) formed in a middle portion of the cellular phone connection string, composed of a single string or multiple strings together with the first and second connectors, the third and fourth connectors or the fifth and sixth connectors and connected to a string hooker 10 of a cellular phone. In this configuration, the pressure pin 14 is inserted into the cellular phone connection string hooker 10, and the connector or an accessory connected to the connector is inserted into insert portions 16 -formed in both sides from the pressure pin 14 by means of a string so as to use the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone. This configuration may be more effectively applied to a cellular phone connection string hooker together with enhancing advantages of the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to the present invention.

<64> As mentioned above, if the cellular phone H is carried by means of the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 through the cellular phone connection string 110, the wristlet 180 and the ring 190 composed of beautiful beads 182 give a function of accessory without using a wristlet or a ring separately. In particular, this may give present fresh atmosphere to a woman or man who is not acquainted with a wristlet or a ring. [Industrial Applicability]

<65> As described above, the connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to the present invention is configured in a straight type and allows a cellular phone H to be carried on a bag by means of the hook 150, near the breast by means of the fashionable safety pin 250, or on the palm or the back of the hand by means of the wristlet 180 and the ring 190. Thus, since the cellular phone H may be carried in various ways, it is convenient to carry a cellular phone H without anxiety about loss of the cellular phone H. 66> In addition, since the connection string accessory is configured in a straight type, an accessory 170 of various shapes may be hung on its one end, thereby capable of expressing beautiful atmosphere.

Claims

[CLAIMS] [Claim 1] 68> A connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, comprising: 69> a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with a single string or multiple strings in a straight type; 70> a first connector (120) including a joint (130) connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (132), a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert hole (132), and a hook (150) having a connection ring (152) formed at one end and detachably combined to the ring (140), the hook (150) being capable of opening and shutting; and 7i> a second connector (160) having the same shape as the first connector (120) so as to be connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110). [Claim 2] 72> The connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to claim 1, 73> wherein an accessory (170) is further combined to any of the first and second connectors (120)(160). [Claim 3] 74> A connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, comprising: 75> a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with a single string or multiple strings in a straight type; 76> a third connector (220) including a joint (130) connected to one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (132), a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert hole (132), and a fashionable safety pin (250) detachably combined to the ring (140); and 77> a fourth connector (260) including a joint (130) connected to the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110) and having an insert hole (132), and a ring (140) detachably combined to the joint (130) through the insert hole (132) . [Claim 4]

<78> The connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to claim 3,

<79> wherein an accessory (170) is further combined to the ring (140) of the fourth connector (260) . [Claim 5]

<80> A connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone, comprising:

<8i> a cellular phone connection string (110) connected to a cellular phone with a single string or multiple strings in a straight type;

<82> a fifth connector (320) including a connection cylinder (330) having insert holes (331)(331) correspondingly formed in both side of an outer circumference thereof so as to connect one end of the cellular phone connection string wherein the connection cylinder has one end open and the other end to which one end of the cellular phone connection string (110) is inserted and also has an insert hole (332) to which a knot of the cellular phone connection string is fixed, a ring (340) connected to the connection cylinder (330) through the insert holes (331X331), and a connection sphere (350) having an insert hole (351) formed in one side of an outer circumference by means of the ring so that the ring (340) is detachably combined to the outer circumference opposite to the insert hole (351); and

<83> a sixth connector (360) having the same shape as the fifth connector (320) so that the other end of the cellular phone connection string (110) is connected thereto. [Claim 6]

<84> The connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to any of claims 1, 3 or 5,

<85> wherein a wristlet (180) configured by threading a plurality of beads (182) with an elastic string (184) is connected to one of the connectors (120 and 160X220 and 260X320 and 360), and a ring (190) configured by threading a plurality of beads (182) with an elastic string (184) is connected to the other one. [Claim 7]

<86> The connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to any of claims 1, 3 or 5,

<87> wherein a wristlet (180) configured by threading a plurality of spherical beads (182) made of bio ceramic is connected to one of the connectors (120 and 160X220 and 260)(320 and 360), and a ring (190) configured by threading a plurality of spherical beads (182) made of bio ceramic with an elastic string (184) is connected to the other one. [Claim 8]

<88> The connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to any of claims 1, 3 or 5, further comprising:

<89> a seventh connector including a joint (350) combined to a middle of the cellular phone connection string (110) connected to the cellular phone by means of a single string or multiple strings in a straight type, a ring (340) connected and combined to the joint, and a hook (150) detachably connected to the ring. [Claim 9]

<90> The connection string accessory for preventing loss of a cellular phone according to any of claims 1, 3 or 5,

<9i> wherein one or more pressure pin (14) is provided to a middle of the cellular phone connection string (110) connected to the cellular phone by means of a single string or multiple strings in a straight type so that the pressure pin is inserted and combined to a cellular phone hanger (10).