CN107300989B - Mouse with adjustable hand rest - Google Patents

Abstract

A mouse with adjustable hand rest includes a body, which defines a lengthwise direction and a transverse direction and has a bearing seat; the base is rotatably connected to the bearing seat along a first axis parallel to the transverse direction; a support housing including a front wall and a rear wall connected to the front wall, the front wall being adjacent to the base, the support housing being rotatably connected to the base along a second axis perpendicular to the transverse direction, the support housing defining a plurality of tilt positions relative to the base; wherein, a surface of the base or the bearing shell is provided with a connecting ring positioning part; the positioning component abuts against one of the positioning concave parts and fixes and supports the shell to be positioned at one of the inclined positions relative to the base; and the hand support cover plate is fixed on the bearing shell.

Description

Mouse with adjustable hand rest

technical field

The invention relates to a mouse with an adjustable hand rest, in particular to a mouse for controlling a computer cursor, which has a hand rest part which can adjust the inclination angle.

Background technique

The mouse has been widely used as an input device to control the cursor of a computer. At present, the general-purpose mouse is symmetrical in appearance, although both the right and left hands can hold and use it. However, due to the different shapes and sizes of each person's dominant hand, when operating the mouse, they often can only bend to the grip on the top surface of the mouse. The angle, over time, is easy to cause injury to the wrist and other places.

The inventors of the present invention feel that the above-mentioned defects can be improved, so they have devoted themselves to research and combined with the application of theories, and finally come up with an invention with a reasonable design and effectively improving the above-mentioned defects.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a mouse with an adjustable hand rest, to improve the defect that a universal mouse cannot fully satisfy right- and left-handed users, and to design a hand rest with an adjustable inclination angle for the right-handed mouse. Both left-handed users and left-handed users can comfortably place their palms on the mouse.

In order to solve the technical problem, according to one of the solutions of the present invention, a mouse with an adjustable hand rest is provided, which includes a body, the body defines a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and the body has a bearing seat; a base, which is rotatably connected to the bearing base along a first axis parallel to the lateral direction; a bearing shell, which includes a front wall and a rear wall connected to the front wall , the front wall is adjacent to the base, the support shell is rotatably connected to the base along a second axis perpendicular to the lateral direction, and the support shell forms a plurality of inclined positions relative to the base; wherein A surface of the base or the support shell is provided with a series of positioning parts; a positioning element abuts one of the positioning concave parts and fixes the support shell relative to the base in one of the inclined positions position; and a hand-supporting cover plate, the hand-supporting cover plate is fixed on the supporting casing.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bearing seat of the body has a pair of bearing bumps, and an accommodating area located between the pair of bearing bumps, and the base is placed in the accommodating region In the area, the mouse with the adjustable hand rest also has a transverse axis extending along the first axis, the transverse axis passing through the bearing seat and the base.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bearing housing has a shaft tube, the shaft tube is integrally formed from the front wall and protrudes toward the base, the base forms a shaft tube hole, the shaft The tube is placed in the shaft tube hole; the supporting shell further includes a coupling sleeve, the coupling sleeve passes through the shaft tube of the supporting shell, and the coupling sleeve has a head end and One end, the head end extends beyond the shaft tube and into the base and is fixed to the base, and the end abuts on one side of the front wall.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a locking screw hole is formed at the head end of the coupling sleeve, a blocking edge is formed at the end, and an identification portion is formed on the blocking edge, and the position of the identification portion corresponds to In the locking screw hole, the base is locked to the locking screw hole of the coupling sleeve by a locking screw.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the positioning assembly is a lock-type positioning assembly, and the lock-type positioning assembly includes: a pressing portion, the pressing portion is located on the base opposite to the supporting housing one side of the control rod; a control rod, the control rod passes through the base and the combination sleeve, one end of the control rod is connected to the pressing part, and the other end of the control rod extends to the support shell the inside of the body; a locking piece, the locking piece is located in the bearing shell and fixed to the control rod; wherein the bearing shell has the chain positioning part facing the locking piece , the locking member has a positioning recess with at least one end inserted into the chain positioning portion; and a spring, the spring provides a force for the locking member to face the base, and the locking member is normally fixed to the The chain positioning part.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the locking member has an assembling portion and a pair of locking arms connected to both sides of the assembling portion, the supporting housing is provided with a pair of the link positioning portions, the The pair of chain positioning portions respectively correspond to a pair of the locking arms, and the distal end of each locking arm forms a convex portion, and the convex portion is inserted into the chain positioning portion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the control rod includes a limiting section, and the locking screw passes through the locking screw hole of the coupling sleeve and abuts against the limiting section.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bearing housing has a shaft seat, the shaft seat is provided with a shaft hole, the control rod has a free end, and the free end penetrates into all the shaft seat. In the shaft hole, the spring is sleeved on the control rod, and the spring is respectively abutted on the shaft seat and the locking piece.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the positioning component is a pressing positioning component, and the pressing positioning component has an elastically displaceable sphere, wherein the supporting housing is assembled with one pressing positioning component. The assembly faces the base, and the base has the continuous positioning portion facing the support shell; wherein the base is assembled with one of the pressing positioning components toward the support shell, and the support shell The body has the chain positioning portion facing the base, wherein the ball is pressed against the chain positioning portion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the pressing type positioning assembly further comprises a tube body, a spring and an end portion; the spring is accommodated in the tube body; the end portion is fixed to the end portion of the tube body rear end; the sphere is accommodated in the front end of the pipe body.

The present invention has the following beneficial effects: the mouse of the present invention has an adjustable hand rest mechanism, which can adjust the inclination angle of the hand rest part, and is suitable for right-handed and left-handed users.

In order to further understand the technology, method and effect adopted by the present invention to achieve the intended purpose, please refer to the following detailed description of the present invention and the accompanying drawings. It is believed that the purpose, features and characteristics of the present invention can be thoroughly and concretely obtained from this. However, the attached drawings and attachments are only provided for reference and description, and are not intended to limit the present invention.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a mouse with an adjustable hand rest according to the present invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the adjustable hand rest mechanism of the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the adjustable hand rest mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional combined view of a mouse with an adjustable hand rest according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a three-dimensional combined view of the mouse of the present invention in a locked state (with the hand rest cover removed).

5A is a cross-sectional view along the longitudinal direction and along the middle part of the mouse of the present invention when it is locked.

FIG. 6 is a perspective combined view of the mouse of the present invention in an unlocked state (with the hand rest cover removed).

6A is a cross-sectional view along the longitudinal direction and along the middle part of the mouse after unlocking according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a rear view of the support casing in a horizontal state after the hand support cover is removed according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the support housing in a state inclined to the right after the hand support cover is removed according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the support housing in a left-tilted state after the hand support cover is removed according to the present invention.

Detailed ways

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is an exploded perspective view of a mouse with an adjustable hand rest of the present invention. The present invention provides a mouse 1 with an adjustable hand rest (hereinafter referred to as a mouse), which includes a main body 10 , a base 20 , a supporting shell 30 , and a hand rest cover 40 fixed on the supporting shell 30 and a positioning component (eg, component 50). The base 20 , the supporting shell 30 , the hand support cover 40 and the positioning assembly together form an adjustable hand support mechanism. The main body 10 can also be provided with a vertical adjustment hole 16 for adjusting components such as screws, so as to press against the bottom surface of the supporting casing 30 to adjust the height of the supporting casing 30 .

The body 10 defines a longitudinal direction (as shown by the y-axis) and a transverse direction (as shown by the x-axis). In this embodiment, for the convenience of description, the end of the mouse provided with the button 11 is called the front end, and the end where the palm is placed is called the rear end. The longitudinal direction refers to the direction in which the rear end faces the front end. The main body 10 has a bearing seat 12 . The base 20 is rotatably connected to the carrier 12 along a first axis C parallel to the transverse direction (as shown by the x-axis).

In this embodiment, the base 20 has an upper seat 21 and a lower seat 22, the lower seat 22 is connected to the bottom end of the upper seat 21, and the two are slightly L-shaped. The upper seat 21 is formed with a pivot hole 210 , a shaft tube hole 25 , and a component configuration tube 27 . The shaft tube hole 25 and the component arrangement tube 27 face the support housing 30 . The front end of the upper seat 21 corresponds to the shaft tube hole 25 and forms a control rod inlet 252 .

See Figures 1 through 3. 2 and 3 are exploded perspective views of the adjustable hand rest mechanism of the present invention. The support shell 30 is rotatably connected to the base 20 along a second axis R perpendicular to the lateral direction, and the support shell 30 forms a plurality of inclined positions relative to the base 20, so that the hand support cover 40 is formed the required inclination angle.

In order to make the support housing 30 fixed after adjusting the angle, this embodiment is provided with a plurality of positioning components (components 50 and 70 shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 33 , and the assembly 33 ′ of FIG. 3 ) set the base 20 and the supporting housing 30 . The chain positioning portion may be provided on the base 20 or the surface of the supporting housing 30 . Or in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2 , the surface of the base 20 facing the supporting casing 30 is provided with a chain positioning portion 23 . The front wall 31 of the support shell 30 is provided with a chain positioning portion 33; as shown in FIG. 3 , the surface of the support shell 30 facing the base 20 is provided with a chain positioning portion 33'.

This embodiment is assembled as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , wherein FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the mouse assembly of the present invention with the hand rest cover 40 removed. The positioning assembly (50 shown in FIG. 5 ) abuts against the positioning concave portion of the link positioning portion 33 , thereby fixing the supporting housing 30 in one of the inclined positions relative to the base 20 . In this way, users can adjust the angle at which the palm is placed on the mouse according to their own habits, which is more ergonomic. For example, a right-handed user leans slightly to the right, and a left-handed user leans slightly to the left. Details of the described components are described in more detail below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 , the bearing seat 12 of the main body 10 has a pair of bearing bumps 121 and a accommodating area 120 located between the pair of bearing bumps 121 . The base 20 is placed in the accommodating area 120 . In this embodiment, the transverse shaft 14 extending along the first axis is used, and the transverse shaft 14 passes through the pivot hole 210 of the bearing base 12 and the base 20 . The base 20 is rotatably connected to the carrier 12 along a first axis C parallel to the transverse direction (as shown by the x-axis).

The supporting housing 30 includes a front wall 31 and a rear wall 32 connected to the front wall 31 , and the front wall 31 is adjacent to the base 20 . The support housing 30 also has an axle tube 35 integrally formed from the front wall 31 and protruding toward the base 20 , and a component arrangement tube 37 located below the axle tube 35 . The shaft tube 35 is placed in the shaft tube hole 25 of the base 20 , whereby the support housing 30 can rotate relative to the base 20 along the direction of the shaft tube 35 to adjust the angle.

In this embodiment, in order to combine the support housing 30 with the base 20 , the support housing 30 further includes a coupling sleeve 36 , and the coupling sleeve 36 passes through the shaft tube 35 of the support housing 30 . The coupling sleeve 36 has a head end (near the reference numeral 361 ) and an end, which is hollow. The head end of the coupling sleeve 36 extends beyond the shaft tube 35 and extends into the base 20 and is fixed to the base 20 . The distal end of the coupling sleeve 36 abuts on one side of the front wall 31 . Thereby, the supporting shell 30 is connected to the base 20 to avoid separation. In this embodiment, a locking screw hole 361 is formed at the head end of the coupling sleeve 36 , and a blocking edge 362 is formed at the end of the coupling sleeve 36 . The base 20 is locked to the locking screw hole 361 of the coupling sleeve 36 by a locking screw S2. The baffle 362 forms an identification portion 364 in a cut-flat shape, and the position of the identification portion 364 corresponds to the locking screw hole 361 to facilitate alignment with the orientation of the locking screw S2 during assembly.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the positioning assembly of this embodiment may be a locking-type positioning assembly 50 having operability and lockability. The locking type positioning assembly 50 includes a control rod 51 , a pressing portion 52 , a locking member 53 and a spring 55 . The pressing portion 52 is located on one side of the base 20 opposite to the supporting housing 30 . The control rod 51 passes through the base 20 and the coupling sleeve 36 through the control rod inlet 252 (refer to FIG. 2 ) of the base 20 , one end of the control rod 51 is connected to the pressing part 52 , and the other end of the control rod 51 extends to the supporting housing 30 inside, and close to the rear wall 32 of the support housing 30 .

The locking member 53 is located in the support housing 30 and is fixed to the control rod 51; wherein the support housing 30 is provided with a link positioning portion 33 facing the locking member 53, and the locking member 53 has at least one end inserted into the link positioning portion A positioning recess of 33 , one of the positioning recess 330 , the positioning recess 331 , and the positioning recess 332 .

The spring 55 provides the force of the locking member 53 toward the base 20 , whereby the locking member 53 is normally fixed to the link positioning portion 33 . The spring 55 in this embodiment is a tension spring, but is not limited thereto.

The locking member 53 has an assembly portion 532 and a pair of locking arms 534 . The pair of locking arms 534 are connected to two sides of the assembly portion 532 . The assembly portion 532 is locked to an assembly section 512 of the control rod 51 by means of screws S. The supporting housing 30 is provided with a pair of link positioning portions 33 , the pair of link positioning portions 33 respectively correspond to the pair of locking arms 534 , and each link positioning portion 33 is provided with a plurality of positioning recesses 330 , 331 , 332 . In a preferred embodiment, each continuous positioning portion 33 is provided with three positioning recesses, which are respectively a positioning recess 331 , a positioning recess 330 , and a positioning recess 332 , and correspond to three angles of right inclination, horizontal and left inclination respectively. A protruding portion 536 is formed at the end of each locking arm 534 , and the protruding portion 536 is inserted into one of the positioning concave portion 330 , the positioning concave portion 331 and the positioning concave portion 332 .

The control rod 51 includes a limit section 513 that is slightly concave, and the locking screw S2 passes through the locking screw hole 361 of the coupling sleeve 36 and abuts against the limit section 513 .

The bearing housing 30 has a substantially U-shaped shaft seat 34 , and the shaft seat 34 is provided with a shaft hole 340 . The control rod 51 has a free end 511 , the free end 511 penetrates into the shaft hole 340 of the shaft seat 34 , a spring 55 is sleeved on the control rod 51 , and the spring 55 abuts on the shaft seat 34 and the locking member 53 respectively.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the present embodiment also provides another positioning component. The positioning component may be a pressing type positioning component 70 , so that the supporting shell 30 is pressed against the base 20 , or the base 20 is pressed against the supporting The tray housing 30, or as shown in this embodiment, is pressed against each other. The pressing means that the pressing positioning assembly 70 has an elastically displaceable ball 72 , and the ball 72 is pressed against the chain positioning portion by the elastic force. In this embodiment, the pressing type positioning assembly 70 includes a pipe body 71 , a ball body 72 accommodated in the front end of the pipe body 71 , a spring 73 accommodated in the pipe body 71 , and a terminal portion 75 fixed at the rear end of the pipe body 71 . The end portion 75 may be a polygonal groove. The support housing 30 is assembled with a pressing type positioning component 70 in the component arrangement tube 37 and faces the base 20 , and the base 20 has a chain positioning portion 23 facing the support housing 30 . Wherein the base 20 is assembled with a pressing type positioning assembly 70 in the assembly arrangement pipe 27 and faces the supporting housing 30 , and the supporting casing 30 has a chain positioning portion 33 ′ facing the base 20 . The sphere 72 is pressed against the link positioning portion (23, 33').

Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 5A , FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the mouse of the present invention in a locked state and the supporting housing is in a horizontal state; FIG. 5A is a cross-sectional view of the mouse of the present invention along the longitudinal direction and along the middle part. In the mouse 1 of the present invention, in a normal state, the lock-type positioning assembly 50 is in a locked state under the force of the spring 55 , and the lock member 53 is positioned on the link positioning portion 33 .

When the user wants to adjust the angle of the hand rest, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 6A , press the pressing part 52 of the lock-type positioning assembly 50, as shown by the arrow F in FIG. 6A, so that the control rod 51 moves backward, The locking member 53 is separated from the link positioning portion 33 . At this time, the support housing 30 can be rotated to the right or left relative to the base 20 along the control rod 51 .

Thereby, the supporting shell of the mouse of the present invention (with the hand rest cover removed) can be in a horizontal state, as shown in FIG. The supporting shell of the invented mouse (with the hand rest cover removed) can be inclined to the right, as shown in FIG. The supporting shell of the mouse (with the hand rest cover removed) can be inclined to the left, as shown in FIG.

In addition, by combining the sleeve 36 and the pressing positioning assembly 70 , the supporting housing 30 is normally pressed against the base 20 . During the process of rotating the supporting housing 30 , the pressing positioning assembly 70 can move between the positioning recesses 230 , 231 , 232 along the chain positioning portion 23 , providing a segmented operating feel.

The features and functions of the present invention lie in that the mouse has an adjustable hand rest mechanism, which can adjust the inclination angle of the hand rest part, and is suitable for right-handed and left-handed users.

The above descriptions are only preferred feasible embodiments of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the claims of the present invention shall fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. A mouse with an adjustable hand rest is characterized in that the mouse with the adjustable hand rest comprises:

the body is defined with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and is provided with a bearing seat;

a base rotatably connected to the carriage along a first axis parallel to the transverse direction;

a retainer housing including a front wall and a rear wall connected to the front wall, the front wall being adjacent to the base, the retainer housing being rotatably connected to the base along a second axis perpendicular to the transverse direction, the retainer housing defining a plurality of tilt positions relative to the base;

wherein a connecting ring positioning part is arranged on one surface of the base or the bearing shell;

at least one positioning element abutting one of the positioning recesses and securing the retainer housing in one of the tilted positions relative to the base; and

the hand support cover plate is fixed on the bearing shell;

wherein the at least one positioning component is a packing positioning component having an elastically displaceable sphere, wherein the support housing is assembled with one of the packing positioning components facing the base, the base having the interlinking positioning portion facing the support housing; wherein the base is assembled with one of the tightening type positioning components facing the bearing shell, the bearing shell is provided with the interlinking positioning part facing the base, and the ball body is tightly propped against the interlinking positioning part.

2. The mouse with adjustable hand rest according to claim 1, wherein said bearing seat of said body has a pair of bearing protrusions and a receiving area between said pair of bearing protrusions, said base is disposed in said receiving area, said mouse with adjustable hand rest further has a transverse shaft extending along said first axis, said transverse shaft passing through said bearing seat and said base.

3. The adjustable hand rest mouse of claim 1, wherein said support housing has a shaft tube integrally protruding from said front wall and facing said base, said base defining a shaft hole, said shaft tube being received in said shaft hole; the bearing housing further includes a coupling sleeve that passes through the axle tube of the bearing housing, the coupling sleeve having a head end and a tail end, the head end extending beyond the axle tube and into the base and being secured to the base, the tail end abutting against one side of the front wall.

4. The mouse with adjustable hand rest according to claim 3, wherein said head end of said combination sleeve forms a locking screw hole, said tail end forms a stop edge, said stop edge forms an identification portion, said identification portion is located corresponding to said locking screw hole, and said base is locked to said locking screw hole of said combination sleeve by a locking screw.

5. The adjustable hand rest mouse of claim 4, wherein said positioning element is a latch-type positioning element, said latch-type positioning element comprising:

the pressing part is opposite to the bearing shell and is positioned on one side of the base;

the control rod penetrates through the base and the combination sleeve, one end of the control rod is connected to the pressing part, and the other end of the control rod extends into the bearing shell;

the locking piece is positioned in the bearing shell and is fixed on the control rod; the bearing shell is provided with the interlinking positioning part facing the lock catch piece, and the lock catch piece is provided with a positioning concave part with at least one end inserted into the interlinking positioning part; and

the spring provides force for the locking piece to face the base, and the locking piece is normally fixed on the interlinking positioning portion.

6. The adjustable hand rest mouse according to claim 5, wherein the locking member has an assembling portion and a pair of locking arms connected to both sides of the assembling portion, the supporting housing has a pair of the link positioning portions corresponding to the pair of the locking arms, respectively, and a protrusion is formed at a distal end of each of the locking arms and inserted into the link positioning portion.

7. The mouse with the adjustable hand rest of claim 5, wherein the control rod comprises a limiting section, and the locking screw passes through the locking screw hole of the combining sleeve and abuts against the limiting section.

8. The adjustable hand rest mouse of claim 5, wherein the support housing has a shaft seat with a shaft hole, the lever has a free end penetrating into the shaft hole of the shaft seat, the spring is sleeved on the lever, and the spring abuts against the shaft seat and the locking member, respectively.

9. The adjustable hand rest mouse of claim 1, wherein the packing positioning assembly further comprises a tube, a spring and a distal end portion; the spring is accommodated in the tube body; the tail end part is fixed at the rear end of the pipe body; the ball body is accommodated at the front end of the pipe body.

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