Multipurpose protective and support device for flat panel electronic equipment

Abstract

A multipurpose protective and support device for a flat panel electronic equipment includes a protective cover (1) and two strip-shaped slide rails (2)/slide shafts (3) respectively fixed at a left side and a right side of the flat panel electronic equipment. The protective cover includes a main panel (10), two side plates (11) are respectively located at a left side and a right side of the main panel. Two side shafts (3)/two strip-shaped slide grooves (4) are respectively located at an inner side of one end of the side plates, the side shafts (3) are respectively inserted into the strip-shaped slide rails (2) or the strip-shaped slide groove (4), the slide shafts (3) on the protective cover or the flat panel electronic equipment are able to respectively rotate or slide within the strip-shaped slide rails (2) or the strip-shaped slide grooves (4).

Claims

1. A multipurpose protective and support device for a flat panel electronic equipment, comprising: a protective cover and two strip-shaped slide rails respectively fixed at a left side and a right side of the flat panel electronic equipment, wherein: the protective cover comprises a main panel, two side plates are respectively located at a left side and a right side of the main panel, two side shaft are respectively located at an inner side of one end of the two side plates, the side shafts are respectively inserted into the strip-shaped slide rails, the slide shafts on the protective cover are able to respectively rotate or slide within the strip-shaped slide rails, a bent end cap is located at a front side of the protective cover for elastically clamping with the flat panel electronic equipment.

2. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 1, wherein the slide shafts are respectively located at the inner side of the side plates, two locking slide slots are respectively provided at an outer side thereof, one end of every locking slide slot and a corresponding slide shaft are respectively located at two opposite sides of a corresponding side plate, two slide blocks are respectively installed within the locking slide slots, two fastening heads, which are capable of respectively squeezing and contracting within the locking slide slots, are respectively located on the slide blocks; when one slide block slides to one end of a corresponding locking slide slot, a corresponding fastening head produces a rebounding force to squeeze a corresponding slide shaft for tightly clamping a corresponding strip-shaped slide rail, thereby a rotation or sliding of the corresponding slide shaft relatively to the corresponding strip-shaped slide rail is limited through a friction force.

3. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 2, wherein every fastening head is a hemispheric elastic protrusion or an inclined elastic frame.

4. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 3, wherein a supporter is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rails, the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped.

5. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 4, wherein the rollers are made of elastic materials.

6. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 5, wherein the protective cover, the strip-shaped slide rails and the slide shafts are made of metal or plastic.

7. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 2, wherein two U-shaped notches are respectively provided at an inner side of the side plates, two press plates, which are capable of being squeezed by the fastening heads or the slide blocks to incline inwardly, are respectively formed within the notches, the slide shafts are respectively located on the press plates, and two rollers, which are capable of respectively rotating around the slide shafts, are respectively located on the slide shaft.

8. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 7, wherein a supporter is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rails, the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped.

9. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 8, wherein the rollers are made of elastic materials.

10. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 9, wherein the protective cover, the strip-shaped slide rails and the slide shafts are made of metal or plastic.

11. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 2, wherein a supporter is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rails, the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped.

12. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 1, wherein the slide shafts are respectively located at the inner side of the side plates, two locking slide slots are respectively provided at an outer side thereof, one end of every locking slide slot and a corresponding slide shaft are respectively located at two opposite sides of a corresponding side plate, two slide blocks are respectively installed within the locking slide slots, two guiding groove or two guiding protrusions, which respectively incline towards the slide shafts, are respectively provided on a side wall of the locking slide slots; two inclining protrusions or two inclining grooves, which are respectively connected with the guiding grooves or the guiding protrusions, are respectively located on the slide blocks.

13. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 12, wherein two U-shaped notches are respectively provided at an inner side of the side plates, two press plates, which are capable of being squeezed by the fastening heads or the slide blocks to incline inwardly, are respectively formed within the notches, the slide shafts are respectively located on the press plates, and two rollers, which are capable of respectively rotating around the slide shafts, are respectively located on the slide shaft.

14. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 13, wherein a supporter is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rails, the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped.

15. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 14, wherein the rollers are made of elastic materials.

16. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 15, wherein the protective cover, the strip-shaped slide rails and the slide shafts are made of metal or plastic.

17. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 12, wherein a supporter is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rails, the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped.

18. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 17, wherein the rollers are made of elastic materials.

19. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 18, wherein the protective cover, the strip-shaped slide rails and the slide shafts are made of metal or plastic.

20. The multipurpose protective and support device for the flat panel electronic equipment, as recited in claim 1, wherein a supporter is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rails, the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a first using state of the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a structurally exploded view of FIG. 1.

(3) FIG. 3 shows a second using state of the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a using state diagram of a second structure of the present invention.

(5) FIG. 5 is a using state diagram of a third structure of the present invention.

(6) FIG. 6 is a using state diagram of a fourth structure of the present invention.

(7) FIG. 7 shows a third using state of the present invention.

(8) FIG. 8 shows a second using state of FIG. 4.

(9) FIG. 9 shows a fourth using state of the present invention.

(10) FIG. 10 shows a fifth using state of the present invention.

(11) FIG. 11 is a first schematic diagram of a locking mechanism of the present invention.

(12) FIG. 12 is a second schematic diagram of a locking mechanism of the present invention.

(13) FIG. 13 is a third schematic diagram of a locking mechanism of the present invention.

(14) FIG. 14 is a fourth schematic diagram of a locking mechanism of the present invention.

(15) FIG. 15 is structurally schematic view of another embodiment of the present invention.

(16) FIG. 16 is a structural exploded view of FIG. 15.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

(17) The present invention is further explained accompanying with drawings and embodiments as follows, as shown in FIGS. 1-16.

(18) A multipurpose protective and support device for a flat panel electronic equipment, comprises: a protective cover 1 and two strip-shaped slide rails 2 respectively fixed at a left side and a right side of the flat panel electronic equipment 90, wherein the protective cover comprises a main panel 10, two side plates 11 are respectively located at a left side and a right side of the main panel, two side shafts 3 are respectively located at an inner side of one end of the side plates, the side shafts are respectively inserted into the strip-shaped slide rails, the slide shafts on the protective cover are able to respectively rotate or slide within the strip-shaped slide rails.

(19) Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, FIG. 3 shows that the protective cover is open, the protective cover is continuously opened (by a rotation of the slide shafts within the slide rails), to be at a same plane with the flat panel electronic equipment, and simultaneously, the protective cover is able to be pushed (by the rotation of the slide shafts within the slide rails). FIG. 1 is a state diagram and shows that the protective cover is pushed to a half, and the protective cover is able to be pushed continuously till completely being pushed to a back of the flat panel electronic equipment. Compared with the prior arts, in the present invention, while using the flat panel electronic equipment, the protective cover is hidden well, thereby avoiding burdens from the prior arts during usage due to the protective cover.

(20) A bent end cap 5 is located at a front side of the protective cover. An elastic clamping protrusion is located at an inner side of the end cap. While the protective cover covers the flat panel electronic equipment, the end cap is clamped with the flat panel electronic equipment to avoid automatically opening the protective cover.

(21) Two locking mechanisms are respectively located at the side plates. For every locking mechanism (referring to FIGS. 11, 12, 13 and 14), the slide shaft 3 is located at the inner side of every side plate 11, two locking slide slots 7 are respectively provided at an outer side of the side plates, one end of a locking slide slot and a corresponding slide shaft are respectively located at two opposite sides of a corresponding side plate, two slide blocks 8 are respectively installed within the locking slide slots, two fastening heads 9, which are capable of respectively squeezing and contracting within the locking slide slots, are respectively located on the slide blocks; when one slide block slides to one end of the corresponding locking slide slot, the corresponding fastening head produces a rebounding force to squeeze the corresponding slide shaft for tightly clamping the corresponding strip-shaped slide rail. Every fastening head 9 is a hemispheric elastic protrusion or an inclined elastic frame. Two U-shaped notches 12 are respectively provided at an inner side of the side plates. Two press plates, which are capable of being respectively squeezed by the fastening heads 9 to incline inwardly, are respectively formed within the notches. The slide shafts are respectively located on the press plates, and two rollers 13, which are capable of respectively rotating around the slide shafts, are respectively located on the slide shafts.

(22) In the above structure, an independently inwardly inclined press plate 14 is formed within every notch 12. The slide shafts are respectively fixed on the press plates. When one slide block slides to the corresponding press plate, the corresponding fastening head produces an elastic force to squeeze the corresponding press plate for inclining, so as to drive the corresponding slide shaft to tightly clamp the corresponding strip-shaped slide rail. The rollers 13 (as shown in FIGS. 11, 12 and 13), made of elastic materials, are respectively sleeved with the slide shafts to form a rotatable connecting structure, so as to avoid difficult sliding or producing noises.

(23) Or, two guiding grooves 70 or two guiding protrusions, which respectively incline towards the slide shafts, are respectively provided on a side wall of the locking slide slots 7; two inclining protrusions 71 or two inclining grooves, which are slidably connected with the guiding grooves or the guiding protrusions, are respectively provided on the slide blocks 8. As shown in FIG. 13, one fastening head pushes leftwards to squeeze the corresponding press plate 14 for inclining.

(24) The second structure is similar to the third structure in the present invention, namely, a supporter 6 is hinged with a front end or a rear end of the strip-shaped slide rail, and the supporter is long strip-shaped or plate-shaped. Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the protective cover 1 is opened to have an angle of 120° with the flat panel electronic equipment, and the long strip-shaped supporter is opened. In the second structure, the support is located at an upper end of the strip-shaped slide rails for supporting the flat panel electronic equipment to avoid falling down. In the third structure, the support is located at a lower end of the strip-shaped slide rails for being in a horizontal state with the protective cover after opening the protective cover, so as to avoid falling down the flat panel electronic equipment.

(25) FIG. 6 shows the fourth structure. The support, having a plate shape, is hinged with the lower end of the strip-shaped slide rails, so as to avoid falling down the flat panel electronic equipment while opening the flat panel electronic equipment.

(26) The second structure, the third structure and the fourth structure allow the flat panel electronic equipment to have a similar usage mode with the notebook computer, the keyboard is installed at the inner side of the opened protective cover, thereby facilitating operation.

(27) FIG. 7 is a using state diagram and shows the protective cover of the present invention rotates about 300° (referring to FIG. 3, which shows the protective cover continuously counterclockwise rotates), wherein the protective cover is used as the supporter after being rotated.

(28) FIG. 8 is a using state diagram and shows the protective cover in FIG. 4 continuously counterclockwise rotates about 300°, wherein the supporter, the protective cover and the flat panel electronic equipment form a triangle for being placed smoothly and steadily.

(29) FIGS. 9 and 10 respectively show two using states which are able to be achieved by the locking mechanisms of the present invention. In FIG. 9, the protective cover 1 firstly rotates about 300°, and then is moved by the slide rails to an upper end of the flat panel electronic equipment, or is moved to a middle portion of the flat panel electronic equipment (as shown in FIG. 10), and then the protective cover and the slide rails are positioned by the locking mechanisms, so that the support which adopts the protective cover and the flat panel electronic equipment is achieved.

(30) The using states in FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are convenient for reading and watching, so that it is not necessary to hold all through the flat panel electronic equipment by hands, thereby resolving the problem that when the flat panel electronic equipment is placed on the table, people's sitting postures need to be changed for changing sight directions to clearly watch.

(31) Referring to FIGS. 15 and 16, another embodiment of the present invention is shown. A multipurpose protective and support device for a flat panel electronic equipment, comprises: a protective cover and two slide shafts 3 respectively fixed at a left side and a right side of the flat panel electronic equipment, wherein the protective cover comprises a main panel 10, two side plates 11 are respectively located at a left side and a right side of the main panel, two strip-shaped slide grooves 4 are respectively provided at an inner side of the side plates, the side shafts are respectively inserted into the strip-shaped slide grooves, the slide shafts on the flat panel electronic equipment are able to respectively rotate or slide within the strip-shaped slide grooves. The structure has a similar principle with the above mentioned structures, namely, the strip-shaped slide grooves, respectively provided on the side plates, are used as the slide rails, the slide shafts are located on the flat panel electronic equipment. The working process of this embodiment is same as the above mentioned structures.

(32) A solar panel is located on the protective cover, the solar panel is connected with a power supply of the flat panel electronic equipment to provide a power for the power supply, and a keyboard is located at an inner side of the protective cover.

(33) The protective cover, the strip-shaped slide rails and the slide shafts are made of metal or plastic.

(34) The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to limit a protective scope of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent changes based on the structures, shapes and principles of this invention are completely contained within the protective scope thereof.