Automobile electronic device
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1. A car electronic device comprising:
- a device housing removably supported in a position in a car;
an operation panel provided on a front side of said device housing and having various operation control element supported thereon;
a first frame member provided along a first portion of a circumferential margin of said operation panel and having opposite ends located at opposite side margins of said operation panel;
a second frame member having opposite ends pivotably supported in the region of said side margins of said operation panel closely adjacent said opposite ends of said first frame member, said second frame member being pivotable between a sitting position in which it extends along a second portion of said circumferential margin of said operation panel and a standing position in which it extends frontwardly from and at approximately a right angle with respect to said operation panel so as to be used as a handle when said device is removed from said car and transported; and
means for causing said first and second frame members to visually appear to be a single continuous structural part when said second frame member is in said sitting position.
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Abstract
A car electronic device removably mounted in position of a car includes a pivotable handle which is used to mount the device in the car or transport outside the car. The handle may be held to a sitting position aligned with the front face of the device to show it as a continuous part of a fixed member of the device so as to not only improve the appearance of the front face of the device but also establish a psychological antitheft effect.
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16 Claims
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1. A car electronic device comprising:
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a device housing removably supported in a position in a car; an operation panel provided on a front side of said device housing and having various operation control element supported thereon; a first frame member provided along a first portion of a circumferential margin of said operation panel and having opposite ends located at opposite side margins of said operation panel; a second frame member having opposite ends pivotably supported in the region of said side margins of said operation panel closely adjacent said opposite ends of said first frame member, said second frame member being pivotable between a sitting position in which it extends along a second portion of said circumferential margin of said operation panel and a standing position in which it extends frontwardly from and at approximately a right angle with respect to said operation panel so as to be used as a handle when said device is removed from said car and transported; and means for causing said first and second frame members to visually appear to be a single continuous structural part when said second frame member is in said sitting position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A car electronic device comprising:
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a device housing removably in a position in a car; an operation panel provided on a front side of said device housing and having various operation control elements supported thereon; a first frame member provided along an upper portion of a circumferential margin of said operation panel and having opposite ends located at opposite side margins of said operation panel; a second frame member having opposite ends pivotably supported in the region of said side margins of said operation panel closely adjacent said opposite ends of said first frame member, said second frame member being pivotably movable between a sitting position in which it extends along a lower portion of said circumferential margin of said operation panel and a transport position in which it extends frontwardly from and at approximately a right angle with respect to said operation panel so as to be used as a handle when said device is removed from said car and transported; means for causing said first and second frame members to visually appear to be single continuous structural part when said second frame member is in said sitting position; and an engaging hole provided in said second frame member and opening downwardly when said second frame member is in said sitting position, wherein a tool can be inserted into said engaging hole to facilitate application of a manual force initiating movement of said second frame member from said sitting position toward said transport position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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