Holder fitting structure

• US 5,755,367 A
• Filed: 05/16/1996
• Issued: 05/26/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamada, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholl, Linda J.
• Application Number:
  US08/648,952
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 224/245, 224/666, 224/678, 224/242, 224/930, 224/269, 455/351, 24/3.11, 24/3.12
• US Class Current: 224/245
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/086 Portable receivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/93 Attached to animate bearer

Abstract

A selective calling receiver 1 has on its sides grooves 1a having concave parts 1b, and a holder 2 has rails 2b having convex parts 2c to engage into the grooves 1a; when to be fitted, the rails 2b of the holder 2 are engaged into the grooves 1a of the receiver 1, and the elasticity of the arm sections 2a of the holder 2 fixes the holder 2 in a position in which the convex parts 2c have fallen into the concave parts 1b. The holder 2 is fitted when the receiver 1 is to be carried, and protects and holds the receiver 1.

Claims

1. A holder for holding a case with a longitudinal groove provided in two opposed side walls, each longitudinal groove having a concave part formed in a bottom thereof, said holder comprising:

a back wall supporting two opposed arm sections to define a shape for covering a back and said two opposed side walls of said case;

a rail formed on an inner face of each of said arm sections for engaging with said longitudinal grooves; and

a convex part formed on each of said rails for engaging with said concave parts of said longitudinal grooves;

wherein said two opposed arm sections of said holder are elastic and provide an inward force to urge said rails against said bottoms of said longitudinal grooves upon fitting said case into said holder, such that when aligned, said convex parts of said rails insert into said concave parts of said longitudinal grooves.

2. A holder for holding a case, as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said longitudinal grooves is formed at a middle of each of said two opposed side walls of said case with respect to a width direction, and each of said rails is formed at a middle of each of said two opposed arm sections of said holder with respect to said width direction.

3. A holder for holding a case, as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance between each of said longitudinal grooves and said back of said case is about equal to a distance between each of said rails and said back wall of said holder.

4. A holder for holding a case, as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of said longitudinal grooves has a plurality of concave parts and each of said rails has a plurality of convex parts, the number of said concave parts being equal to that of said convex parts.

5. A holder for holding a case, as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of said longitudinal grooves has a plurality of concave parts and each of said rails has a plurality of convex parts, the number of said concave parts being equal to that of said convex parts.

6. A holder for holding a selective calling receiver with a longitudinal groove provided in two opposed side walls, each longitudinal groove having a concave part formed in a bottom thereof, said holder comprising:

a back wall supporting two opposed arm sections to define a shape for covering a back and said two opposed side walls of said case;

a rail formed on an inner face of each of said arm sections for engaging with said longitudinal grooves; and

a convex part formed on each of said rails for engaging with said concave parts of said longitudinal grooves;

wherein said two opposed arm sections of said holder are elastic and provide an inward force to urge said rails against said bottoms of said longitudinal grooves upon fitting said selective calling receiver into said holder, such that when aligned, said convex parts of said rails insert into said concave parts of said longitudinal grooves.

7. A combination of a case and a holder for said case, said combination comprising:

a case having a groove provided in two opposed side walls, each groove having a concave part formed in a bottom thereof; and

a holder having a back wall supporting two opposed arm sections for receiving said two opposed side walls of said case, a rail formed on an inner face of each of said arm sections engageable with said grooves, and a convex part formed on each of said rails engageable with said concave parts of said grooves;

wherein said two opposed arm sections are elastic and upon fitting said case into said holder, said bottoms of said grooves push against said convex parts of said rails to cause said two opposed arm section to move apart, such that when aligned, the elasticity of said two opposed arm sections urges said convex parts of said rails into said concave parts of said grooves to removeably fix said case to said holder.