US20110284600A1

US20110284600A1 - Polymer plastic body worn case

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Publication number: US20110284600A1
Application number: US13/137,229
Authority: US
Inventors: Gregory May
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-01-13
Filing date: 2011-07-29
Publication date: 2011-11-24

Abstract

The spread of wireless communication is growing. A handy holder provides an innovative cost-effective support for communication devices when controlling movements of people inside or outside of a building. The idea is to use a plastic case capable of repelling bacteria, a case with perpendicular walls adapted to support a small rectangular radio communication such as walkie-talkie radios. In preparing plastic walls, it is important to drill holes for the unobstructed passage of broadcast waves and to provide openings for communication ON/OFF. Perpendicular corners are obtained by carving a width of plastic until there remains a thin wall which may be folded either internally or externally, thereby creating a link to a flared normal direction.

Description

The present invention is a Continuation in part of a prior application U.S. Ser. No. 12/319,758 filed on Jan. 13, 2009 for a body worn case for electronic devices such as two-way radio transceiver, commonly called walkie-talkie radios.

PRIOR ART

The present invention refers to a preceding invention of the same author U.S. Ser. No. 12/319,758.
A search in the prior art revealed some systems that caught our attention:
U.S. Pat. No. 5,253,802 <<Foldable, microwavable baking pan usable as a promotional device>> of Bernard et al. filed on Nov. 9, 1992 which shows a microwavable baking pan formed from a single blank 12 of plastic coated paperboard and foldable about edges of a bottom panel and end panels to overlie the end panels.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,445,052 <<Hinged laminate>> of Lewallen J. filed on Aug. 22, 1966 which shows a laminate having an integral hinge, a hinge formed in a preformed laminate by cutting or stripping away a thin band of the nonhinge-forming layer along the line on which the hinge is to be formed.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,917,218 <<Combination carton and cooking receptacle>> of Guyer R. filed on Jun. 22, 1953 shows a carton including two tray-shaped elements of similar construction which may telescope together to form a closed receptacle.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Objectives and Advantages

It is an object of the invention to provide communication tool supports adaptable to a person transporting them. More precisely to provide a rectangular case element used to transport small radio, such as walkie-talkie radio, which is washable and durable.
A specific advantage is to provide a walkie-talkie radio support which may be carried by a person who needs to utilize a walkie-talkie radio all the time. Another object and advantage of this invention shall appear from a careful reading of the detailed description attached and with reference to the drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a partial view of a case with back wall removed.

FIG. 2 is an enlargement of areas of arrows 2 of FIGS. 1 and 4.

FIG. 3 is a perspective of a case with open wings.

FIG. 4 shows a view of the case laid flat.

FIG. 5 various thicknesses of scoring for bends of 90°, 45° and 135°.

FIG. 6 is a top perspective of a case with wings being closed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective of a ready to use case with wings closed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In the following description and in the accompanying drawings, the numeral numbers refer to identical parts in the various Figures.
In FIG. 1 a polymer case 20 is shown incomplete, in a partial view. There appears to be a front wall 22, a left wall 24 comprising a mike slot opening 25 for microphone attachments, a bottom wall 26, a right hand wall 30, a thickness 28, a wall mount piece 42 which appears to be partially removed, holes in the back wall to fix the left and right walls. The front wall has holes for a speaker and for sound waves 31 and a mike slot hole 33. The case bottom wall 26 has evacuation holes 32 for air and moisture. The bottom wall is covered by two bottom folds 36 held in place by two or more rivets 34 in rivet holes. The right wall 30 has a variable position cavity 35 and shows a line of an outward score 38′ and another line for an inward score 39,39′. A folded wing 40 supports the partially removed wall mount piece 42. Between right wall 30 and bottom fold 36 there is an inward score 39″, similarly along the left side, between the front wall 22 and the left wall 24 there is an inward score 39 which proceeds as far as the start of the mike slot 25; also between the left wall 24 and the bottom fold 36 there is an inward score 39′″, and between the front wall 22 and the bottom wall 26 there is an inward score 39″″. To provide a support for a wall mount piece there are provided two wings 40, 40′ connected to the right hand wall 30 and to the left wall 24 by scored junctions. In FIG. 1 the scored junctions are outward scores 38′ and 38 which indicate a position for an overlapping wall mount piece comprising the width of the front wall plus the sum of the widths of the wings 40′ and 40. Such arrangement might be suitable for a wall mounted case and not for a portable case. A wall mount piece is identified 42.
FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D show a wall thickness 28 with in FIG. 2A a minimum removal 48, which serves to connect an outward link 44, which becomes in FIG. 2B an external arc 44′ and leaving an outward score 38. FIG. 2C shows a maximum removal 50 from a wall leading to an inward link 46, which becomes in FIG. 2D an enclosing arc 46′ circling an inward score 39. In short one sees the opening of the outward link 44, which is straight in FIG. 2A and becomes a curved external arc 44′ in FIG. 2B. One sees an inward link 46, which is also straight in FIG. 2C and is curved along an enclosing arc 46′ in FIG. 2D. One also sees in FIG. 2A a scoring of a plastic depth appearing as a minimum removal 48 next to a maximum removal in FIG. 2C, in a second area of scoring, the withdrawal permitting to close an inward link 46′ in FIG. 2D to surround the inward score 39. In FIG. 2E an alternative is shown to the inward link 46 with reinforcements 56.
FIG. 3 shows a complete arrangement of a portable case with all its wings in the process of being folded, with a fullback flap being present and adapted to cover the wings 40 and 40′. An inward score 39′ reaches to about 5 mm from the mouth of the case showing an internal filling 54′ of original matter; it is also the inward score 39 which reaches approximately 5 mm from the mike slot 25 showing an internal filling 54 of original matter. This area of original matter approximately doubles the strength in tear resistance. Actually a folded wing 40 must be turned beneath a fullback flap 43 that could be longer than the front wall 22. An original filling of more than 5 mm is not recommended and does not allow a fold as precise, defined and controlled to 90° degrees. One may add other matter of origin, for example at each distance of 35 mm or 45 mm. In addition there are rivets and holes 34 therefor.
FIG. 4 shows the embodiment of FIG. 3 laid flat before the components are assembled and inter-related. One notices the references 54′, 52′, 39′ corresponding to the right parts identified as 54,52,39 to the left. There is a fullback flap 43 not exceeding the width of the front wall 22. The wings 40 may exceed in length the side walls 24, 30 left and right. Holes for rivets 34, 34′ are positioned to be stacked when bottom folds 36, 36′ are rotated 90° degrees to cover the bottom wall 26. One sees flap holes 64 which are positioned to match wing holes 66.
FIG. 5 show as FIG. 5A a 90° bend with a thickness 28, a width 29 and an inward score 39; as FIG. 5B a minimum score 58 depth removal which leaves a large width 29′ of non removed original matter, and a short bend of 45°. As FIG. 5C a major score 60 which permits a thin width 29″ and a long bend of 135°.
FIG. 6 shows a top view of a case with wings 40,40′ folded and about to be covered by the fullback flap 43. Flap holes 64 are also to match wing holes 66. One sees a cavity 74 for a screen of a walkie-talkie and a keyboard cavity 76.
FIG. 7 shows a perspective of a case 20 ready to be used with at the top a tie 70 finished by a pressure button 72 to be fixed on the front wall 22 for maintaining in place a walkie-talkie inside the case. A rivet shield 68 is used to protect a walkie-talkie from scratches caused by the contact with flap rivets 65 screwed inside flap holes 64 of the fullback flap 43. The central cavity 35 and the mike slot 25 are shown.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A plastic body worn case 20 for portable electronic devices, the case comprising: a front wall 22, a back wall 42, two side walls 24 left and right 30, a bottom wall 26, a wall thickness 28, the walls being joined to form an open face parallelepiped and defining a number of junctions between the walls, at least one of the junctions including a partial removal of the thickness 28. The partial removal leaves a non-removed original matter to produce an inward link 46 which may be bent into an enclosing arc 46′ around an inward score 39 around which two walls are adjacent to and oriented 90° degrees one compared to the other. The arc length is larger than 1½ times the thickness to close two adjacent walls, a first wall in relation to a second wall, the length of an inward arc defining a maximal removal 50. The external arc 44′ has a preferred external arc length equals to ½ times the thickness 28 to close two adjacent walls, one over the other, the length of external arc 44′ is smaller and defines a minimum removal 48. The walls are made of materials to be used in combination with illuminating means such as a rather hard plastic. The side walls are folded at the inward scores 39,39′ and include folded wings 40 (see FIG. 3) from scores 39″ and 39′″ are normally rotated 180° degrees to join the left side to the right side and become a pair of inward slots and the two folded wings 40 will be met by a fullback flap 43 (see FIG. 6) in length corresponding to the length of the front wall 22. The side walls 30,24, the bottom wall 26 and the fullback flap 43 are assembled with the bottom folds 36,36′. The walls are made of plastic materials, synthetic materials, smooth to the touch with or without added materials. A rivet shield 68 is used to protect a walkie-talkie inside the case from scratches caused by the contact with flap rivets 65. The walkie-talkie may be maintained in place by the use of a tie 70 in the top of the case.

Typical Technical Specifications

To fit to any walkie-talkie radios, our preferred dimensions are, for each of the following walls:

- Front wall 22: length: 13 to 20 cm; width: 5 to 10 cm.
- Fullback flap 43: length: 13 to 20 cm; width: 5 to 10 cm.
- Left wall 24: length: 13 to 20 cm; width: 3 to 6 cm.
- Right wall 30: length: 13 to 20 cm; width: 3 to 6 cm.
- Bottom wall 26: length: 5 to 10 cm; width: 3 to 6 cm.

Each wall having a thickness 28 of 0.2 to 0.5 cm.
It is to be clearly understood that the instant description with reference to the annexed drawing is made in an indicative manner and that the preferred embodiments described herein are meant in no way to limit further embodiments realizable within the scope of the invention. The matter which is claimed as being inventive and new is limited only by the following claims.


PARTS

20-	Plastic body worn case
22-	Front wall
24-	Left wall
25-	Mike slot
26-	Bottom wall
28-	Thickness of wall
29-	Width (non removed original matter)
30-	Right hand wall
31-	Speaker holes
32-	Bottom hole
33-	Mike hole
34-	Rivets
35-	Central cavity
36-	Bottom fold
38-	Outward score
39-	Inward score
40, 40′-	Folded wing
42-	Wall mount piece
43-	Fullback flap
44-	Outward link
44′-	External Arc
46-	Inward link
46′-	Enclosing Arc
48-	Minimum removal (lengthwise)
50-	Maximum removal (lengthwise)
52-	Outward filling
54-	Inward filling FIG. 3
56-	Reinforcements
58-	Minimum score
60-	Major score
64-	Flap holes
65-	Flap rivets
66-	Wing holes
68-	Rivet shield
70-	Tie
72-	Pressure button
74-	Screen cavity
76-	Key board cavity

Claims

1. A case (20) for holding walkie-talkie radios, said case comprising:

a front wall (22),

a pair of folded wings (40);

fullback flap (43) attached to said folded wings (40),

a left wall (24), a right wall (30)

a bottom wall (26),

each said wall having a thickness (28),

said walls being joined to form a parallelepiped with an open face and defining a number of junctions between said walls,

at least one of said junctions characterized in a partial removal along a closing inner side of said thickness, leaving a non-removed original matter width (29) adapted to define an arc between two adjacent walls oriented 90° degrees relative to one another, said arc being an enclosing arc (46′) defining an inward score (39) and having a length of arc defining an inward link (46) at least larger than said thickness (28) thereby closing said two adjacent walls.

2. The case (20) of claim 1 wherein said length of arc is at least equal to π/2 times said thickness.

3. The case (20) of claim 1 wherein said partial removal comprises an outward score (38).

4. The case (20) of claim 1 being a plastic body worn portable case.

5. The portable case of claim 4 wherein said walls are made of materials to be used in combination with illuminating means.

6. The portable case of claim 3 wherein said right and left walls are folded along said inward scores (39) and include folded wings (40) originating from said outward score (38).

7. The portable case of claim 4 wherein said right and left walls (30, 24), said bottom wall (26) and a fullback flap (43) are assembled flat against said two folded wing walls (40).

8. The portable case of claim 1 wherein said side right and left walls include outward links (44) attaching folded wings (40) to said side walls.

9. The case of claim 1 wherein said inward score extends from 5 mm of said open face thereby showing a first inward filling (54′).

10. The case of claim 9 wherein said first inward filling (54′) is at least equal in depth to said thickness (28), said inward score (39) extending from 5 mm of a mike slot (25) showing second inward filling (54), capable of doubling a tear strength.

11. The case of claim 6 wherein said folded wings (40) comprise holes for rivets (34), said bottom wall (26) comprising holes for rivets (34′) coinciding thereto.

12. The portable case of claim 4 being of a polymer.

13. The case of claim 6 wherein said folded wings (40) are connected by a wall mount piece (42) having a length corresponding to said length of said front wall plus said length of said folded wings.

14. The case of claim 1 comprising holes for unobstructed passage of broadcast waves.

15. The case of claim 7 wherein said fullback flap comprises flap rivets (65) and flap holes (64) therefor.

16. The case of claim 15 comprises a rivet shield (68) for covering said flap rivets (65).

17. The case of claim 1 wherein said right wall comprises a mike slot (25) for microphone attachment.

18. The case of claim 1 wherein said front wall comprises a screen cavity (74) and a keyboard cavity (76).

19. The case of claim 18 further comprises a mike hole (33).