Hand strap for electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9979428-B2
Application number	US-201715398078-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 4, 2017
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A hand strap for an electronic apparatus is provided with a first gripper, which is attached to a rear surface of an electronic apparatus in a removable manner, and a second gripper. The first gripper has a main body and an accommodation portion. The second gripper includes a fixed portion and an extra-long portion, one end of which is a free end. The extra-long portion is accommodated inside the accommodation portion, and can adjust the entire length of the second gripper. A finger accommodation space in which a finger other than a thumb is disposed between the first gripper and the second gripper, is defined. By gripping the first gripper with the pad and the tip end of a finger other than a thumb, it is possible to perform operation with a thumb over a wide area of a touch panel while holding an electronic apparatus with one hand.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hand strap for an electronic apparatus, comprising:
a grip attachable on a rear surface of the electronic apparatus, and adapted to be held by a pad and a tip of a finger other than a thumb, the rear surface having two edges parallel with each other and extending in a first direction; and
a strap that is provided on a far side from the rear surface with respect to the grip, and that defines a finger accommodation space in which the finger other than the thumb is disposed in the space between the grip and the strap, wherein
the grip has a first surface located above the rear surface of the electronic apparatus and located distant from the two edges of the rear surface of the electronic apparatus, the first surface extending in the first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second direction crossing the rear surface of the electronic apparatus, and a second surface facing the strap,
the first surface of the grip is adapted to be held by the pad and the tip of the finger other than the thumb,
the strap includes a fixed end and a free end,
the fixed end is fixed to the second surface of the grip, and
the free end is located between the upper surface of the grip and the rear surface of the electronic apparatus, and accommodated in the grip.

2. The hand strap for an electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the grip has a substantially rectangular form when viewed in a planar manner.

3. The hand strap for an electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the grip is 5 mm or more.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tomobe Shinji
• Saitoh Eiji
• Tatehana Masami

Classifications

• H04B1/3888 Primary

  Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers · CPC title

• H04B2001/3861

  carried in a hand or on fingers · CPC title

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title