Special receptacle or package – For a household appliance
Patent
1992-07-20
1994-11-29
Foster, Jimmy G.
Special receptacle or package
For a household appliance
220 8, B65D 8116
Patent
active
053681592
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a protection case for remote controls such as remote controls for TV set, video recorder, Hi-Fi set and the like.
2. Background art
As is known, these control units are often too fragile and vulnerable in normal household use; in fact, should it be dropped incidentally, a remote control may suffer sufficiently serious damage to put it out of operation.
To prevent such incidents, protection cases have been provided which are made of a shockproof material, usually rubber or the like; these cases are designed to be fit around the remote control, leaving the keyboard and signal emission areas thereof exposed (with the latter area frequently forming the remote control insertion opening as well). An example thereof is given by DE-U-8800772.
While such cases do meet the basic requirements of providing protection for the remote control, it is recognized that the very large variations which exist in the dimensions of remote controls force the cases to be manufactured in a correspondingly large variety to specifically fit one or at most a few similar remote controls each.
This entails disadvantages for the manufacturer, who is obliged to provide a range of different models in limited quantities, for the seller, who is obliged to keep extra large supplies of them, and for the user, who has always difficulties in choosing.
It actually happens that each point of sale only stocks the most popular models of protection cases, thus compelling the owner of a less common remote control to either waste his time to call (often unsuccessfully) at several different shops or give up buying a case. In addition, it has been found that, as a rule, large stores or self-service shops do not offer such cases at all, because even a minimum stock would occupy display space in amounts out of proportion to the product value and commercial worth.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
To overcome such problems, this invention provides a protection case for a remote control, which is characterized in that it comprises two opposite shells made of a shockproof material, a first guide means for so positioning the two shells with respect to each other as to enclose the remote control in a first direction, and a first means of holding the shells in the selected position.
This protection case will fit remote control designs which differ from one another by one of their three basic dimensions; specifically, where the aforesaid first direction is the width direction, a single case can fit any remote controls having the same length and thickness. However, it will be at once apparent that the range of application of this case is much broader than that, it being evidently adaptable to also fit remote controls with different length and thickness, on condition that these do not exceed given maximum values corresponding to the case dimensions.
For enhanced adaptability, each of the shells comprises two opposite half-shells, a second guide means for so positioning the half-shells relatively to each other as to enclose the remote control in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a second means of holding the half-shells in the selected position.
Thus, adjustability along two perpendicular directions is provided, and hence, true adaptability to remote controls differing one another in two of their basic dimensions; in particular, where the first direction is the width direction and the second is the length direction, then a single case can fit any remote controls having the same thickness. Here as well, the actual applicability of the case is even more enhanced, since only few remote controls are likely to have such thickness dimensions not to be protected thereby.
For even greater adaptability, anyhow, each half-shell includes a bottom and a cap located oppositely with respect to each other, a third guide means for so positioning the bottom and cap relatively to each other as to enclose the remote control along a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, a
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Foster Jimmy G.
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