Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Patent
1998-09-22
2000-05-09
Vidovich, Gregory M.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
224242, 224271, 224272, 224929, 224930, 24822511, B65D 2552
Patent
active
060591560
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an attachment system for temporarily attaching a portable apparatus, such as a mobile phone, radio or camera, to a belt or the like according to the first part of the following enclosed independent claims.
Known attachment systems of this kind comprise typically a holder which can be fastened to the belt and a connecting member which is attached to the apparatus. This invention relates primarily to systems, in which the holder comprises a base, a front plate connected thereto and a so called locking part, and in which the connecting member attached to the apparatus comprises an annular connecting member or part which protrudes axially outwards from the apparatus.
With the increasing use of portable personal apparatuses, mobile phones in particular, a need has arisen for personal holders by means of which the apparatus can easily be fastened to a belt or other garment or the dashboard of a car, from where it can easily be detached for use, preferably with one hand. Further, the holder should preferably be attachable to a casing or some other kind of protective cover, so that the apparatus can be safely and securely carried around or kept to prevent e.g. an accidental pressing down of the keys of the apparatus. Further, the portable apparatus carried on the belt should be disposable in the holder in a position that is comfortable for the wearer or, preferably, in a position where the apparatus is not felt at all, in other words, is the least in the way.
The problem with the known attachment systems is to obtain a connection between the apparatus and the holder that is reliable enough and, at the same time, comfortable to the wearer. In some known solutions a reliable locking is achieved, but at the cost of a substantially impaired user comfort because of the complexity of the fastening mechanism. Often also the size of the holder is larger than desired.
In some known solutions the flexibility of plastic is utilized in the so called snap-locked systems. The force needed for the unlocking snap has to be rather small, and thus the apparatus may also easily be unintentionally detached from its locking position and fall down, and get damaged or lost. It has also been suggested, e.g. in the Finnish patent application No. 942306, that the mobile phone be fastened to the holder using spring force. With his system the phone can be turned round its fixing point 360.degree. without getting detached. The phone is detached from the holder by pressing down the holder with one hand and at the same time lifting the phone upwards with the other, in other words, both hands are needed to detach the telephone.
In some other known systems, the apparatus itself is provided with a stationary belt holder, in which case both the apparatus and the belt holder must be detached from the belt when the apparatus is being used. Even this fastening system is not necessarily completely reliable, as it is possible for the fastening of the detachable belt holder to the garment to fail. A great disadvantage is furthermore the fact that the apparatus cannot freely turn in the plane of the holder and thus cannot follow the movements of the person wearing the apparatus.
It is the object of the present invention to obtain a better system than the previously known attachment systems. The object is thus to obtain an attachment system which is reliable and easy to use, and in which the apparatus is easily and securely both attached to the holder and detached from it.
Another object is to achieve an attachment system which secures the apparatus to e.g. a belt in the desired position until the person wearing it wants to detach it.
Another object is to achieve an attachment system of a simple and space-saving design.
Yet another object is to achieve an attachment system that allows the apparatus to turn up to 360.degree. in the plane of the: holder, in which case the apparatus can easily and securely be worn in a holder attached to e.g. a belt.
To achieve the objects described abo
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Brevard Maerena W.
Vidovich Gregory M.
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