JP2013011977A - Tablet computer case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tablet computer case capable of standing a tablet computer at a vertical position and a horizontal position with a simple structure.SOLUTION: A back plate part 2 covering and holding the back side of a tablet computer 5 is connected, through a connection part 3, to a front plate part 1 that can be opened and closed so as to make a double-spread together with the back plate part. The back plate part 2 is formed in a rectangle substantially matching the outer shape of the tablet computer 5. A surface of the front plate part 1 facing a screen 5a of the tablet computer has a leaned portion 12 formed so that the back plate part 2 can lean against it. The connection part 3 is connected to a central area of the back plate part 2 through a rotation coupling part 30. The back plate part 2 is supported by the connection part 3 at a vertical position and a horizontal position and can lean against the leaned portion 12.

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet computer case that houses a tablet computer having a screen on the front side and covers both sides, and more particularly, to a tablet computer case in which the tablet computer can be erected in any direction.

  A tablet computer equipped with a touch panel is known as a portable and easy-to-operate computer, but with the development of computer technology, a lightweight and thin tablet computer can be realized and is gaining popularity. The tablet computer has a substantially rectangular thin outer shape and is equipped with a screen with a touch panel on the front side. Various operations can be performed by touching or tracing the screen with a finger or a touch pen. it can.

  Since such tablet computers are often directly operated by hand and carried, they are easily damaged and scratched, including the screen. For this reason, cases that cover tablet computers to prevent dirt and scratches are widely distributed.

  A tablet computer often reproduces photos and videos. At this time, the tablet computer can be tilted to a certain extent to make it easier to see the screen. In view of this, a case in which a case covering the tablet computer is provided with a stand function for standing at a predetermined angle to improve convenience is also known.

  In many cases, a tablet computer has a rectangular screen and can be used in either a vertical position where the long side is vertical or a horizontal position where the short side is vertical. However, since the conventional tablet computer case stands the tablet computer in either the vertical position or the horizontal position, a tablet computer case that can be set up by switching between the vertical position and the horizontal position is desired. It was rare.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tablet computer case in which a tablet computer can be erected in both a vertical position and a horizontal position with a simple structure.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a tablet computer case according to the present invention is for a tablet computer that houses and covers a tablet computer that has a screen on the front side and can be used in either a vertical position or a horizontal position. In case
A back plate for covering the back side of the tablet computer and holding the tablet computer; and a front plate for opening and closing the back side of the tablet computer so as to form a double-sided spread with the back plate. Are connected via a connecting part,
The back plate portion is formed in a rectangular shape that substantially conforms to the outer shape of the tablet computer, and a hook portion that allows the back plate portion to stand up is formed on a surface of the front plate portion that faces the screen of the tablet computer. ,
The connecting portion is coupled to a central region of the back plate portion via a rotation coupling portion, and the back plate portion is supported by the connecting portion in a vertical position and a horizontal position, respectively, and can be leaned against the hanging portion. It is configured as a feature.

  Further, in the case for a tablet computer according to the present invention, the connecting portion is a support portion that is configured between the connecting portion with the front plate portion and the rotary connecting portion, and when the back plate portion is erected. It is configured to be supported from the back side.

  Further, the tablet computer case according to the present invention is characterized in that the connecting portion has an angle variable portion in the vicinity of the coupling portion with the front plate portion and in the vicinity of the rotational coupling portion. .

  Furthermore, the tablet computer case according to the present invention is characterized in that the hooking portion is configured such that the back plate portion can be stood freely at a plurality of locations in the longitudinal direction of the front plate portion.

  According to the case for a tablet computer according to the present invention, the back plate part can be stood freely by supporting the connecting part and holding the hanging part, and the connecting part and the back plate part are coupled via the rotation coupling part. By rotating the back plate at the rotary joint, it is possible to switch between the vertical position and the horizontal position, so that the tablet computer can be used leaning in either the vertical position or the horizontal position, which is highly convenient. It can be set as a case for a tablet computer.

It is a perspective view of the closed state of the case for tablet computers in this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the state where the case for tablet computers was opened. It is a side view of the state where the case for tablet computers was closed. It is a side view of the case for tablet computers in the state where the back plate part holding a tablet computer was leaned. It is an expanded sectional view near a hanging part. It is an expanded sectional view near a rotation coupling part. It is a top view showing the relationship between a connection part and a backplate part. It is a perspective view of the case for tablet computers which leaned the back board part in the state which set the tablet computer to the horizontal position.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the tablet computer case in the closed state according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the tablet computer case in an opened state. FIG. 2 shows the tablet computer 5 in the middle of storage.

  The tablet computer 5 held in the tablet computer case is formed in a rectangular thin plate shape, and has a rectangular screen 5a on the front side. The tablet computer 5 can be used in any state of the vertical position where the long side of the screen 5a is arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal position where the short side of the screen 5a is arranged in the vertical direction. In addition, the tablet computer 5 is provided with an operation button 5b formed of a push button switch at the center of one short side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the state where the tablet computer case is closed, the front and back surfaces of the tablet computer 5 are covered and are not exposed to the outside. For this reason, when carrying the tablet computer 5, it can prevent that a stain | pollution | contamination and a damage | wound are attached.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the tablet computer case has a front plate portion 1 that covers the front side of the tablet computer 5, and a back plate portion 2 that covers and holds the back side of the tablet computer 5. . The front plate portion 1 and the back plate portion 2 each have a rectangular outer shape substantially following the outer shape of the tablet computer 5, and can cover the front side and the back side of the tablet computer 5, respectively. The front plate portion 1 and the back plate portion 2 are connected to each other by a connecting portion 3.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the connecting portion 3 is formed so as to protrude greatly from the back plate portion 2, and the end portion of the connecting portion 3 is a rotation coupling portion 30, and the center of the back plate portion 2 is formed. Fixed to the area. The connecting part 3 has a foldable part 33 in the vicinity of the rotary coupling part 30. The vicinity of the end portion on the front plate portion 1 side of the connecting portion 3 is softly formed so that it can be folded back. When the back plate portion 2 is leaned on the rotary coupling portion 30 side with respect to the folded portion. In order to support this, the support portion 32 is reinforced with a hard material. With these configurations, the rear plate portion 2 is variable in the standing angle with respect to the front plate portion 1.

  The tablet computer 5 is held and fixed by the back plate portion 2, and the front plate portion 1 can be opened and closed in a double-sided manner with respect to the back plate portion 2 via the connecting portion 3. Operation and browsing can be performed by exposing the screen of the tablet computer 5. A fixed band 4 is formed on the front plate portion 1 on the short side opposite to the side where the connecting portion 3 is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the fixing band 4 can be engaged and fixed to the back plate 2 when the front plate 1 is closed, and has a function of maintaining the closed state of both.

  The front plate portion 1 has a plurality of recesses 13 formed on the inner surface facing the back plate portion 2 when the front plate portion 1 is closed. The recessed part 13 comprises the hook part 12 which leans the back plate part 2 with the magnet member 15 mentioned later.

  The back plate portion 2 includes a substrate 20 that covers the back side of the tablet computer 5 and a frame portion 21 that covers the front side peripheral portion of the tablet computer 5 and exposes the screen 5a. The board | substrate 20 is formed so that a tray shape may be made so that the tablet computer 5 can be accommodated. The frame portion 21 is formed with a semicircular button exposure recess 21a at the center of the short side so that the operation button 5b of the tablet computer 5 can be exposed.

  FIG. 3 shows a side view of the tablet computer case in a closed state. The front plate portion 1 has a substrate 10 made of a hard member such as leather, synthetic leather, or resin material on the outer surface side, and is made of a flexible member such as sponge on the inner surface side in contact with the screen 5b of the tablet computer 5. A protection unit 11 is provided. The protection part 11 contacts the screen 5b of the tablet computer 5 when the front plate part 1 is closed, and protects it. The aforementioned concave portion 13 is formed by forming the protective portion 11 into a concave shape.

  Each of the substrate 20 and the frame portion 21 constituting the back plate portion 2 is made of a hard member. The front plate portion 1 and the back plate portion 2 are each provided with a lining material having a smooth surface on the inner surface in contact with the tablet computer 5 so as not to damage the tablet computer 5.

  The end portion on the front plate portion 1 side of the connecting portion 3 is a coupling portion 31 fixed immovably with respect to the end portion of the front plate portion 1, and its vicinity is freely deformable, and the rear plate portion 2 It is folded toward the outer surface. Further, the end portion of the connecting portion 3 on the back plate portion 2 side is in contact with and fixed to the surface of the back plate portion 2 and constitutes a rotary coupling portion 30. The rotation coupling part 30 couples the connecting part 3 so as to be rotatable in contact with the back plate part 2. The fixing structure will be described in detail later. Further, the fixed band 4 has an end on the front plate portion 1 side fixed to the end portion of the front plate portion 1 and an end portion on the back plate portion 2 side engaged with the surface side of the back plate portion 2. It can be fixed freely.

  A magnet member 15 as a standing member formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape is attached to the front plate portion 1 so as to be able to contact and separate. The magnet member 15 is formed in a size that substantially matches the shape of the recess 13 formed on the inner surface side of the front plate 1, and can be housed and fixed in any of the plurality of recesses 13. ing. Further, in order to fix the magnet member 15, the front plate portion 1 is formed with a magnet member fixing portion 16 in which a small plate-like member (not shown) made of a magnetic material such as iron is embedded. The magnet member 15 can be fixed to the magnet member fixing portion 16 by a magnetic force, and can be removed if necessary.

  FIG. 4 shows a side view of the tablet computer case in a state where the back plate portion 2 holding the tablet computer 5 is leaned. In this figure, the back plate part 2 is leaned as it is from the state of FIG. 3, and the tablet computer 5 is leaned in a vertical position. As shown in FIG. 4, the connecting portion 3 has a variable angle at the vicinity of the end on the front plate portion 1 side, and is variable in the vicinity of the rotary coupling portion 30 that is a fixed portion with respect to the back plate portion 2. By having the bent portion 33, the back plate 2 can be supported by the connecting portion 3 on the back side in a state where the back plate 2 is inclined with respect to the connecting portion 3 so that the angle is variable.

  As described above, the magnet member 15 can be fixed to any one of the concave portions 13 in the front plate portion 1. The back plate 2 is tilted so that the back side is supported by the connecting portion 3. However, since the end contacting the front plate 1 is not held as it is, the standing state inclined by its own weight cannot be maintained. Therefore, by fixing the magnet member 15 to the front plate portion 1, a convex portion is formed on the inner surface of the front plate portion 1, and one side of the back plate portion 2 can be stood at a predetermined angle. As described above, the recessed portion 13 of the front plate portion 1 and the magnet member 15 form a hook portion 12 that allows the back plate portion 2 to stand up. By these connection part 3 and the hook part 12, the back plate part 2 holding the tablet computer 5 can be erected in a state inclined at a predetermined angle.

  The configuration of the hanging portion 12 will be described in more detail. FIG. 5 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view in the vicinity of the hanging portion 12. Concave portions 13 are formed at four locations in the protective portion 11 constituting the front plate portion 1. In FIG. 5, the right side in the drawing is the side close to the connecting portion 3, and four recesses 13 are arranged in the front plate portion 1 along the direction in which the connecting portion 3 is connected to the back plate portion 2. A piece-like magnetic body member 14 made of iron or the like is embedded in the bottom surface of each recess 13.

  Since the magnet member 15 has an outer shape that substantially fits the recess 13 as described above and is formed to be higher than the depth of the recess 13, the magnet member 15 is placed in the recess 13 by placing the magnet member 15 in the recess 13. It will be in the state which protruded from the faceplate part 1. FIG. In addition, the magnetic member 15 is fixed to the concave portion 13 by magnetic force and forms the hook portion 12 because the magnetic member 14 is embedded in the bottom surface portion of the concave portion 13. The edge portion of the back plate portion 2 in the standing state is held by the hook portion 12 formed in this manner, and the back plate portion 2 is leaned.

  The magnet member 15 indicated by a solid line in FIG. 5 is fixed to the concave portion 13 located farthest from the connecting portion 3. As indicated by a broken line in FIG. 5, the magnet member 15 can be similarly fixed to the other three recesses 13, and each forms a hook portion 12. By fixing the magnet member 15 to the recessed portions 13 at different positions, the inclination angle when the back plate portion 2 is erected can be changed. For example, when the magnet member 15 is fixed to the concave portion 13 located at the second closest position from the connecting portion 3, as shown by a broken line in FIG. Become.

  In this way, a plurality of recesses 13 are formed on the inner surface of the front plate portion 1 along the connecting direction with the back plate portion 2, and the magnetic member 14 is provided on the bottom surface portion of each recess 13. By attaching the magnet member 15 to any of the above, the hook portion 12 that leans against the back plate portion 2 is formed, so that the back plate portion 2 holding the tablet computer 5 with a simple configuration is erected at a plurality of angles. Can be possible. Moreover, the angle at which the back plate portion 2 is erected can be easily changed simply by changing the fixing position of the magnet member 15. And since the magnet member 15 can be fixed to the outer surface side of the front plate portion 1 by a magnetic force, it is possible to prevent the magnet member 15 from being lost when the front plate portion 1 is closed. it can.

  Next, the rotation coupling part 30 of the connection part 3 will be described in detail. FIG. 6 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view in the vicinity of the rotary coupling portion 30. The rotary coupling portion 30 is configured such that a back plate side member 30a fixed in the back plate portion 2 and a connecting portion side member 30b fixed in the connecting portion 3 are linked to each other so as to be rotatable. Yes. Since the back plate side member 30a and the connecting portion side member 30b are embedded in the connecting portion 3 and the back plate portion 2 that are in contact with each other, they are not exposed to the outside.

  In FIG. 7, the top view showing the relationship between the connection part 3 and the backplate part 2 is shown. The back plate part 2 shown by the solid line in FIG. 7 is in a state in which the tablet computer 5 is arranged in a vertical position with respect to the connecting part 3. As described above, since the connecting portion 3 rotatably holds the back plate portion 2 with the rotation coupling portion 30, the back plate portion 2 is indicated by a broken line in the drawing with the rotation coupling portion 30 as the center with respect to the connection portion 3. Can be rotated as shown.

  The back plate part 2 can be rotated 360 degrees with respect to the connecting part 3, but the tablet computer 5 can be switched between the vertical position and the horizontal position by rotating 90 degrees as shown in FIG. Can do. The back plate portion 2 can be leaned against the hanging portion 12 in either the vertical position or the horizontal position.

  FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a tablet computer case in which the back plate 2 is leaned with the tablet computer 5 in the horizontal position. As shown in this figure, even in the horizontal position, the back plate 2 holding the tablet computer 5 can be stood by fixing the magnet member 15 to the recess 13 of the front plate 1 to form the hook 12. Can do.

  When the back plate 2 is leaned in the horizontal position, one side of the long sides of the back plate 2 is held by the hook 12. When leaning in the horizontal position, since the distance from the rotary coupling part 30 to the side to be held is different from that in the vertical position, even if the position of the hanging part 12 is the same, the angle of the back plate part 2 is the vertical position. It will be slightly different from the time. Since the connecting portion 3 can support the back plate portion 2 by changing the angle near the end portion on the front plate portion 1 side and the vicinity of the rotary coupling portion 30, the connecting portion 3 can be supported in either the vertical position or the horizontal position. Also, the back plate portion 2 can be reliably supported.

  As described above, in the tablet computer case in which the back plate portion 2 can be stood freely by supporting the connecting portion 3 and holding the hanging portion 12, the connecting portion 3 and the back plate portion 2 are coupled via the rotary coupling portion 30. Therefore, by rotating the back plate part 2 in the rotary coupling part 30, the vertical position and the horizontal position can be switched and leaned, so that the tablet computer 5 can be leaned and used in either the vertical position or the horizontal position. It can be used as a tablet computer case with high convenience.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the application of the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and can be applied in various ways within the scope of its technical idea. For example, the hanging part 12 is not limited to the one constituted by the recessed part 13 and the magnet member 15. Other configurations of the hanging portion 12 include a groove portion formed on the inner surface of the front plate portion 1 so that the groove portion can hold one side of the rear plate portion 2 and can be stood freely, or an inner surface and a back surface of the front plate portion 1. For example, a hook-and-loop fastener may be provided at the edge of the face plate portion 2 and attached to each other so that the back plate portion 2 can be stood freely.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front plate part 2 Back plate part 3 Connection part 4 Fixed band 5 Tablet computer 10 Board | substrate 11 Protection part 12 Hanging part 13 Recessed part 14 Magnetic body member 15 Magnet member 20 Board | substrate 21 Frame part 22 Adhering part 30 Rotation coupling part 31 Coupling part 32 Support part 33 Bent part

Claims (4)

In a tablet computer case that houses and covers a tablet computer that has a screen on the front side and can be used in either a vertical position or a horizontal position,
A back plate for covering the back side of the tablet computer and holding the tablet computer; and a front plate for opening and closing the back side of the tablet computer so as to form a double-sided spread with the back plate. Are connected via a connecting part,
The back plate portion is formed in a rectangular shape that substantially conforms to the outer shape of the tablet computer, and a hook portion that allows the back plate portion to stand up is formed on a surface of the front plate portion that faces the screen of the tablet computer. ,
The connecting portion is coupled to a central region of the back plate portion via a rotation coupling portion, and the back plate portion is supported by the connecting portion in a vertical position and a horizontal position, respectively, and can be leaned against the hanging portion. Case for tablet computer characterized by being made.   The connection portion is a support portion that is configured between the coupling portion with the front plate portion and the rotation coupling portion, and supports the rear plate portion from the back side when the back plate portion is erected. The case for tablet computers according to 1.   The case for a tablet computer according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion has an angle variable portion in the vicinity of the coupling portion with the front plate portion and in the vicinity of the rotational coupling portion.   The case for a tablet computer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the hooking portion allows the back plate portion to be stood freely at a plurality of locations in the longitudinal direction of the front plate portion.

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