JP2008202771A - Article holder - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article holder adaptable for holding an article such as a cell phone which has a different size and whose liquid crystal display is in a displaying condition, in an automobile room. <P>SOLUTION: The article holder comprises a body having a back face portion for abutting on the back face of an article and a pair of right and left arm portions extending forward from both right and left ends of the back face portion, and an attachment base to be attached to an attachment object. The body has a rear case journaling the back face portion to the arm portions in a rollable manner, the rear case is journaled to the attachment base in an elevation angle adjustable manner, and the pair of right and left arm portions are formed with their opposing space to be wider/narrower. Thus, the article holder is adaptable for holding the article such as a cell phone which has a different size and whose liquid crystal display is in a displaying condition, in the automobile room. It can roll 90° depending on the displaying condition when exchanging the held article, and so it is easy adaptable and extremely convenient in use. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an article holder, and more particularly to an apparatus suitable for holding an article such as a mobile phone and a portable digital audio player mainly in a vehicle interior.

  Mobile phones and portable digital audio players have been rapidly developed in recent years, and many types of mobile phones that can receive one-segment broadcasting with clear images compared to conventional analog broadcasting images are commercially available. It came to be. In addition, many types of portable digital audio players that can display not only conventional music but also video images have become commercially available, and there are many devices that hold these items in the interior of an automobile. Proposed.

  For example, as a general prior art for holding these articles, there is an “article holder” disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-181462. The present invention is provided with a restraining member provided with a number of mustache-like protrusions formed of a material having appropriate elasticity and friction on an arm surface that holds a side surface of an article such as a mobile phone, thereby facilitating devices. And is attached to an appropriate surface such as a dashboard of a vehicle using means such as a double-sided tape using an attachment base provided on the back of the article holder.

  In addition, as a general prior art in which these articles can be held and rotated by pivotally supporting a part to be attached and an attachment base to an attachment target, Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3044909 of Patent Document 2 is disclosed. The disclosed “laptop-type personal computer phone holder” can be mentioned. The present invention comprises a clip-shaped holding base part and a telephone mounting pocket part in order to hold the mobile phone at an appropriate position on the periphery of the display part of a laptop computer, and the holding base part and the telephone mounting pocket part By pivotally supporting each other, it is possible to set the right edge of the display, that is, the upper side or the side, to the optimal position according to the preference, manufacturer, and model. Is.

  Furthermore, as a technique similar to Patent Document 2, there is a “charging stand” disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-270237 of Patent Document 3. In the present invention, the stand is substantially L-shaped or substantially T-shaped in side view, the arm portion is pivotally attached to the back surface of the main body portion with a deflection angle in the left-right direction, and the grounding base portion is substantially triangular. By rotating the stand and selecting the grounding surface or grounding side of the grounding base unit, it is possible to use three forms of standing (vertical) installation, horizontal slanting installation, and prone (laying) installation, and the screen can be viewed directly It is easy to see.

  JP-A-10-181462   Utility Model Registration No. 3044909   JP 2006-270237 A

  By the way, the “article holder” of Patent Document 1 merely holds a lateral side surface of an article such as a vertically long rectangular mobile phone by an arm, and a mobile phone with a built-in TV function is naturally used. When the TV image is held vertically, when the TV image is displayed on the liquid crystal display, it is turned 90 ° and cannot be viewed. Therefore, in such a case, the part provided with the arm with respect to the mounting base is turned 90 ° to fix it. However, if the article to be held is replaced with a portable digital audio player and held, this time, There is a problem in that the music and artists displayed on the display of this device are turned 90 degrees. In each case, it is a very troublesome problem to turn and replace the portion provided with the arm by 90 ° with respect to the mounting base.

  In the “laptop-type personal computer phone holder” of Patent Document 2, a clip-shaped holding base portion, a telephone-mounting pocket portion, and a telephone-mounting pocket portion are provided for attachment to the upper side or side of the display portion of the laptop personal computer. It is not intended to be rotated according to the display content of the liquid crystal display of the article. In addition, the mobile phone is mainly taken into consideration, and the size of each mobile phone can be handled by replacing the pocket portion. For this reason, there is a problem that it is necessary to develop variations according to the type or size of the mobile phone, and an increase in cost due to die investment is unavoidable.

  Furthermore, even in the “charging stand” of Patent Document 3, there is a problem similar to that of Patent Document 2 because it does not correspond to the size of each mobile phone.

  Accordingly, in consideration of the above-described problems, the present invention can deal with the holding of articles such as mobile phones and portable digital audio players of various sizes in the interior of an automobile, and the display contents of the liquid crystal display of these articles Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an article holder that can be easily turned so that it can be viewed and viewed at a normal position.

  From a main body having a back surface portion that comes into contact with the back surface of an article such as a mobile phone, a pair of left and right arm portions extending forward from both left and right ends of the back surface portion, and an attachment base for attaching to an object to be attached The main body has a rear case that pivotally supports a back surface portion and an arm portion so as to be able to rotate, and the rear case is pivotally supported so as to be adjustable in elevation angle with the mounting base, and the pair of left and right arm portions Can be solved by configuring the width in the opposite direction so that it can be increased or decreased.

  In addition, a large number of bearded protrusions formed of an elastic material are provided on a pair of opposing surfaces of the arm part, and the protrusion direction of the protrusions is perpendicular to the protrusion formation surface of the arm part. It is solved by tilting toward the back.

  From a main body having a back surface portion that comes into contact with the back surface of an article such as a mobile phone, a pair of left and right arm portions extending forward from both left and right ends of the back surface portion, and an attachment base for attaching to an object to be attached The main body has a rear case that pivotally supports a back surface portion and an arm portion so as to be able to rotate, and the rear case is pivotally supported so as to be adjustable in elevation angle with the mounting base, and the pair of left and right arm portions Since the width of the opposite direction can be expanded and reduced, it is possible to support the holding of articles such as mobile phones and portable digital audio devices having various sizes and display states of liquid crystal displays in the interior of a car. At the same time, when changing the article to be held according to the situation, it can be easily turned so that it can be viewed and viewed at a normal position according to the display on the liquid crystal display. In which it has become possible to provide a very user-friendly article holder can.

  In addition, a large number of bearded protrusions formed of an elastic material are provided on a pair of opposing surfaces of the arm part, and the protrusion direction of the protrusions is perpendicular to the protrusion formation surface of the arm part. Since it is tilted in the direction of the back surface, the side surface of the mobile phone or the like held between the facing arm portions is securely held while being suppressed with an appropriate pressing force. In addition, since all of the beard-like protrusions are inclined toward the back surface, it can be easily inserted and held when trying to hold a mobile phone or the like. It is possible to obtain a reliable holding state without falling off.

  Next, a first embodiment of the article holder of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view of the present invention, and a back surface portion (1a) that abuts on the back surface of an article such as a mobile phone or a portable digital audio player, and a side surface of the article extending forward from both left and right ends of the back face portion. A main body (1) having a pair of left and right arm parts (1b) for holding and holding, and a mounting base for attaching to a surface of a dashboard or the like in a vehicle interior of a vehicle using means such as double-sided adhesive tape (2).

  As shown in the front view of the article holder of the present invention in FIG. 2, the main body (1) has a back part (1a) and an arm part (1b) so that the display of the liquid crystal display provided in the article to be held is easy to see. ) Is pivotally supported by the rear case (1c) by the pivotal support (1d). For example, when the article to be held is a portable digital audio player (5) as shown in FIGS. 5 (A) and 6 (A), the song title or artist name displayed on the vertically long liquid crystal display with respect to the vertically long main body. Since the sound volume can be read correctly, it can be held in the vertical position.

    On the other hand, if the article to be held is a mobile phone (4) with a built-in TV reception function as shown in FIGS. 5B and 6B, it is displayed on a vertically long liquid crystal display with respect to a vertically long body. The incoming / outgoing recording screen and mail screen can be read correctly, so they can be held in the vertical position as they are, but when displaying TV images on a vertically long liquid crystal display, display them horizontally to display them as large as possible. Is done. In such a case, if the mobile phone (4) is held in the vertical position as it is, the TV image is turned 90 ° and cannot withstand viewing, so the rear portion (1a) and the arm portion (1b) are held at 90 °. Turn to be able to look straight ahead.

  In order to make the liquid crystal displays (4a) and (5a) such as the mobile phone (4) and the portable digital audio player (5) held in the main body (1) of the article holder easier to see, the elevation angle of the main body (1) It was possible to adjust. Specifically, as shown in the right side view of the article holder of the present invention in FIG. 3, the mounting base (2) and the rear case (1c) were pivotally supported by the pivotal support (1e).

  Further, the pair of left and right arms (1b) is configured to be able to expand and narrow the width in the opposite direction, that is, to increase or decrease the width in the opposite direction, in order to be clamped and fixed according to the width of the article to be held. . FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which the pair of left and right arm portions (1b) is widened in the facing direction. Although the structure is not shown in the drawings, in the present invention, when the lock switch (1f) is pushed backward with a finger and slid rightward, the distance between the pair of left and right arm portions (1b) is expanded in conjunction with the lock switch (1f). It is structured to be locked at that position when a finger is spoken from. On the other hand, when the distance between the pair of left and right arm portions (1b) is to be reduced, the lock switch (1f) is slid in the left direction opposite to the previous one while pushing the lock switch (1f) backward with a finger. When the finger is spoken from the lock switch (1f) at a position that is just as good as the above, the position is locked. For this widening and narrowing structure, various known techniques such as a structure in which the pair of left and right arm portions (1b) are interlocked to the left and right, and a structure in which each of them is independently widened may be selected and designed. As for the position fixing method (locking method) when the width is widened or narrowed, various known techniques may be selected and designed in the same manner as described above, such as fixing with screws or latches.

  With the configuration described above, it becomes possible to hold articles such as mobile phones and portable digital audio players of various sizes in the interior of a car, and furthermore, according to the display state of the liquid crystal display of those articles. Thus, it is possible to provide an easy-to-use article holder that can be turned into a state in which it can be viewed normally, and that the article to be held can be replaced very easily.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The same parts as those of the first embodiment are omitted, and the gist of the parts will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view of a second embodiment of the present invention. A plurality of beard-like projections (3) formed of an elastic material are provided on a pair of opposing surfaces of the arm portion (1b), and the projection direction of the projections is perpendicular to the projection formation surface of the arm portion. On the other hand, since it is tilted in the direction of the back surface, the side surface of an article such as a mobile phone held between the facing arm portions (1b) is securely held while being suppressed with an appropriate pressing force. In addition, since all of the beard-like protrusions (3) are inclined toward the back surface portion, when the mobile phone or the like is to be held, it can be easily inserted and held. It is possible to obtain a reliable holding state without falling off due to vibration or impact.

  Although the article holder of the present invention is assumed to be used in the interior of a car, it may be attached to an appropriate place in a home or office desk. It is also possible to attach a small tripod by providing a tripod fixing screw hole in the mounting base (2) and use it as a simple tripod for a digital camera or a compact digital camera built in a mobile phone.

1 is an overall view of first and second embodiments of the present invention. It is a rear view of the goods holder of this invention. It is a right view of the goods holder of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state which extended the width | variety of the arm part. It is a right view which shows the state holding the articles | goods. It is a front view which shows the state holding the articles | goods.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 1a Back part 1b Arm part 1c Rear case 1d, 1e Shaft support part 1f Lock switch 2 Mounting base 3 Beard-like protrusion 4 Mobile phone 4a Liquid crystal display 5 Portable digital audio player 5a Liquid crystal display

Claims (2)

  An article comprising a main body having a back surface portion that comes into contact with the back surface of a mobile phone or the like, a pair of left and right arm portions extending forward from both left and right ends of the back surface portion, and a mounting base for mounting on an object to be mounted The holder has a rear case that pivotally supports a back surface and an arm so as to be able to rotate, the rear case is pivotally supported so that an elevation angle can be adjusted, and the pair of left and right arms are opposed to each other. An article holder characterized in that the width in the direction can be increased or decreased.   A plurality of mustache-shaped protrusions formed of an elastic material are respectively provided on a pair of opposing surfaces of the arm part, and the protrusion direction of the protrusion is relative to a direction perpendicular to the protrusion formation surface of the arm part. The article holder according to claim 1, wherein the article holder is inclined in a direction.

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