ES1068403U - Protection case for video game console (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

1. Protective case (1) for video game console (8), said case comprising: an upper face (2) and a lower face (3) pivoting one with respect to the other at the level of a rear area (4) and defining a first position called closed when the upper face is superimposed on the lower face and a second position called open when the upper and lower faces are juxtaposed; a support element (5) for the console, fixed on the lower face inside the case; comprising means of access to the controls (11) of the console; closing means (17, 18) of the upper face with the lower face to keep them in the closed position; characterized in that the support element (5) of the console is a hooking system (14, 15) of the console by clamping. 2. Protective case according to claim 1, characterized in that the video game console comprises a lower part (9) and a retractable upper part (10), and in that the clamping system is applied to the lower part of the console. 3. Protective case according to claim 2, characterized in that the upper part of the video game console is joined to the lower part by a hinge (12), and in that the clipping system comprises at least one fixing tab ( 14) arranged to be fixed in a slot (19) formed between the hinge and the lower part. 4. Protective case according to claim 3, characterized in that the fixing tab comprises at its free end a pin (22) of decreasing thickness. Protective case according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the hooking system comprises at least one stop element (15) opposite said at least one fixing tab. 6. Protective case according to claim 5, characterized in that the system comprises two stop elements that each form an angle and that are arranged at two angles of the console, opposite the hinge of the console. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clamping system is formed by a frame (16) made of a plastic material. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closing means (17, 18) are magnetic. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the case has lateral openings (23). 10. Protective case according to claim 9, characterized in that the video game console comprises a housing (20) for accessories (21), and in that a notch (24) is provided in one of the upper or lower faces of the case at the level of the side openings in an area corresponding to the outer end of the housing. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a cover (27) for accessories (26) is arranged in the rear area.

Description

Protective case for console video game.

The present invention relates in a manner general to a protective case for video game console and more particularly to a protective case that can be opened in two parts that allows you to use the game console in your case.

All kinds are known in the prior art of cases or protective helmets for video game console that allow the consoles to be transported easily and safely laptops Indeed, it is known to provide the case with a Padded interior for maximum console protection. A protective case of this type according to the prior art It is represented in Figures 1a and 1b. The figure represents it the empty protective case and figure 1b represents this protective case containing a console.

Considering figure 1a, the case of protection 1 is specially designed to contain a console of video games as will be explained in greater detail by doing reference to figure 1b. Case 1 comprises an upper face 2 and a lower face 3 pivoting with respect to each other to level of a rear zone 4. The two upper and lower faces define a closed position when they are superimposed on each other and an open position, as represented in this case, when Both sides are juxtaposed. A support element 5 of the console is fixed on the lower face 3 inside the case. This support element is presented in the form of a transparent plastic sheath 5 that has openings 6 that allow access to the console controls. Some are planned closure means 7 of the case, in the form of a zip provided on the periphery of the upper 2 and lower 3 faces of so keep them in the closed position.

Figure 1b shows case 1 in position open The game console 8 represented in this figure it comprises a lower part 9 and a retractable upper part 10 by means of a hinge 12. The bottom of the console has been slipped in the plastic sheath 5 so that the control elements of the console 11 are accessible through the 6 openings in the sheath 5. Thus, it is possible to use the console 8 directly in its case 1 without having to remove it, what which has several advantages, in particular for use in collective transport, while guaranteeing a certain game comfort and safety in case of console fall, the latter being then protected by the case.

A protective case of this type though comfortable and useful, however, suffers from some inconveniences. In effect, the plastic sheath that serves as a maintenance element of the console in the case must be adjusted very precisely to the console size so as to ensure good maintenance and thus avoid any unexpected fall. The counterpart of this precise adjustment is the difficulty for the user to slide the console in the sheath and remove it. In addition, by constitution, said plastic sheath provided with numerous openings to free access to the console controls, is relatively complex in its shape and consists of numerous plasticized bands that wear quickly with use. Finally, the plastic sheath wrap the bottom of the console so that it covers certain parts, which prevents refuting until the complete closure of the top of the console on the bottom.

The objective of the present invention is respond to the different problems mentioned previously. For this, a first aspect of the invention is refers to a protective case for video game console, said case comprising an upper face and a lower face that pivot with respect to each other at the level of an area posterior and that define a first position called closed when the upper face is superimposed on the lower face and a second position called open when the upper faces e Bottom are juxtaposed. The case also includes a console holding element, fixed on face lower inside the case; comprising means of access to the console controls and face closure means upper with the lower face to keep them in position closed. The case is characterized in that the element of console hold is a console hitch system by pinching.

Said console hitch system by clamping allows the user to easily place and remove the console in the case while ensuring effective support. Said clamping system also allows holding the console without covering it allowing an easy use of the console when in the case.

According to an advantageous variant and in the case of a video game console comprising a bottom and a part top folding, the case is characterized because the system pinch grip is applied on the front and on the back of the bottom of the console so that allow its support without preventing its use.

According to an advantageous variant and in the case in a video game console whose top is connected to the bottom by a hinge, the case is characterized because the pinch hitch system comprises at least a fixing tab arranged to be fixed in a groove formed by the hinge of the console, in its pinched position. This solution has the advantage of allowing to fix the console without covering its bottom and without preventing closing full console after having topped the top on the bottom. Preferably, the fixing tab it comprises at its free end a spike of decreasing thickness that It allows a perfect insertion in the groove of the hinge.

According to an advantageous variant, the system of coupling comprises at least one stop element arranged in opposite form to said fixing tab. Preferably, the hitch system comprises two stop elements that form each one an angle and they are arranged in two angles of the console, opposite to the console flap, thus ensuring a positioning very precise console in the case while retaining Easy placement of the console.

One of the advantages of using these elements butt and fixing, separated from each other, is to facilitate the placement and removal of the console to the extent that the User has numerous shots directly on the console.

According to an advantageous variant, the system of pinch hitch is constituted by an armor of a plastic material. The use, on the one hand, of an armor ensures the strength of the hitch system, and on the other hand, of a plastic material ensures a certain flexibility necessary for the placement and removal of the console.

According to an advantageous variant, the case It has some lateral openings. A recess is planned in one of the upper or lower sides of the case at the level of the lateral openings in an area corresponding to the outer end of a housing provided in the console to contain a accessory, for example a stiletto. This recess allows arrange and remove, in both closed or open positions of the case, the stylet saved with the console.

According to an advantageous variant, a cover for a Supplementary accessory, such as a stiletto is arranged in the area back of the case.

Other features and advantages of this invention will become more clearly apparent from the reading the following detailed description of modes of embodiment of the invention given by way of examples in mode some limiting and illustrated in the attached plans, in the that:

- Figures 1a and 1b, already described, represent a protective case for video game console according to the prior art in open position without console (figure 1a), respectively that it contains a console (figure 1b);

- Figure 2 represents a case of protection for video game console in open position according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

- Figure 3a represents a case of protection for video game console in open position that contains a console in the deployed position, depending on the mode of preferred embodiment of the invention;

- Figure 3b represents the case of the Figure 3a, the console being in the folded position;

- Figure 3c represents the case according to the Figure 3a in closed position;

- Figures 4a and 4b represent a view expanded from a supplementary housing for a stylet.

The invention will be described below. only as a non-limiting example in relation to Figures 2 to 4b, having been Figures 1a and 1b already described in connection with the prior art.

The protective case for console video games of figure 2 is represented in position semi-open according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. Case 1 comprises an upper face 2 and a lower face 3 removable with respect to each other, preferably by pivoting, at the level of a rear area 4 and defining a first position called closed when the upper face is superimposed on the lower face and a second position called open when the upper and lower faces are juxtaposed. A support element 5 of the console is fixed on the face bottom 3 inside the case. This element of support 5 is advantageously made in the form of a hitch system on the front and on the back of the console. The hitch system retains the console by pinching of the latter as will be explained later in connection with the Figures 3a and 3b. In this way, this hook system for clamping allows to retain the console without covering it and facilitates by both clearly placing the console in the element of support as well as its extraction outside the element of sustenance.

The pinch hitch system comprises the back of the console, at least one, and preferably two fixing tabs 14 arranged to click on the rear flange of the console. In the part front of the console, the hitch system comprises minus one and preferably two stop elements 15 arranged in opposite to the fixing tabs 14. Advantageously, the stopper elements 15 each form an angle and are arranged at the two angles located at the front of the console, of so that they also serve as precise positioning elements of the console. It is clear that it is also possible to provide a system hitch whose stopper elements and fixing tabs are not are located at the front and the back of the console but on both sides of the latter. However said Solution results in less comfortable practice for the user.

It will also be noted that the hitch system it is advantageously constituted by an armor 16 of a material plastic. The armor is constituted for example by a quadrilateral of plastic material fixed on the underside of the case, quadrilateral from which the tongues of fixing and stop and positioning elements.

Figure 3a represents a protective case 1 for video game console in open position that contains a console in deployed position, according to an embodiment Preferred of the invention.

In the continuation of this description, reference will be made to a game console 8 comprising a part bottom 9 and a retractable top 10 attached to the part bottom by a hinge 12. This console presents a first denominated position deployed, in which the console is when a user plays with her, and a second position called folded when the top 10 is folded forward on the bottom 9. However, it is clear that the invention It could also be applied to a monoblock video game console. Said game console generally comprises elements of control 11 arranged in the lower part 9 of the console as well as one or more screens of liquid crystals 13 arranged on the lower and upper parts of the console.

As can be seen in figure 3a, the pinch hitch system, of which only visible stopper elements 15, holds the bottom 9 of the console without covering the control elements 11 or preventing refolding the part Top 10 of the console. The console can therefore be used easily from its position in case 1 without having to remove it or be completely folded. They meet again like this advantages of a use. facilitated in transport collective, while ensuring a certain comfort of play and of security in case of fall of the console, being this last one then protected by case 1.

It will also be noted that the latter presents a quick closing system constituted for example by a leg flexible 17, for example leather, which extends from the face bottom and intended to close over the top. This leg flexible 17 is provided with a first closure element 18 which cooperates with a second closing element (not represented in this case) arranged on the top face of the case. These two closure elements can be for example magnets that ensure a magnetic closure or a "scratch" closure system or also a pressure button.

Figure 3b represents the case of the figure 3a, the console 8 being in its folded position. Contrary to the prior art solution, the present system solution of pinch hitch does not cover the bottom of the console and thus allows to completely refute the upper part 10 of the console on the bottom 9. As you can see, the stopper elements 15 fit against the edge of the bottom 9 of the console and fixing tabs 14 are clamped on the flange only from the bottom of the console.

It will be noted that according to the advantageous variant represented, each locking tab 14, which ensures the effect clamping, has a general curved shape whose free end it comprises a pin 22 that is in engagement with the edge upper, that is, the flange of the bottom 9 of the console when its placement in the hitch system takes place. Cunningly, in the case of a console 8 comprising a part bottom 9 and a top 10 retractable joined to each other by a hinge 12, the pin 22 of each tongue is provided 14 look at the slot 19 formed by the hinge with the bottom. To ensure a good grip, this pin 22 is preferably sized with a thickness that decreases into slot 19 to penetrate it further forward without hindering the operation of the hinge 12. It will be noted that in the case of a monobloc console, the spike, that is the part that stands out, is in coupling with the upper edge, that is the flange, of the console.

This type of game console 8 can comprise a housing 20 for accessories, such as a stylet 21, generally arranged on one of the side faces of the part bottom of the console.

Figure 3c represents the case according to the Figure 3a in closed position. Unlike the cases of Classic protection provided to completely wrap the console and intended for a young audience, according to a mode of particularly aesthetic realization, it is planned to perform a protective case that has a general agenda look organizer in order to target an older and older audience female. In addition to the undeniable aesthetic appearance of this case protection 1, it will be noted that said protection case has side openings 23 so as to free access to the sides of the console and the stylet eventually inserted into the lateral housing 20. Advantageously, it is planned to carry out a trimming in the form of a recess 24 on the corresponding face of the case, in this case the bottom face 2, to be able to access the housing 20 and the stylet (not shown) it contains. So, the user can easily place or remove the stylet from the accommodation provided for this purpose on one side of the console Whatever the position, open or closed, of the case one.

Figure 4a represents an enlarged view of the space 25 between the back of the console and the zone back 4 of the case. The case size is preferably adapted to the console in order to minimize the volume  Supplementary caused by the case. However, for reasons of flexibility of operation, the rear area 4 that joins the upper and lower sides of the case generates a lost space 25 located on the back of the console. In order to optimize the use of this lost space 25, accommodation is planned  supplementary for a stylet 26, at the level of the posterior area 4 of the case.

Figure 4b represents an enlarged view of a stiletto arranged in a sheath intended for this purpose. Cover 27 for the stiletto, delimited in the form of strokes, it presents a opening 28 cut inside the rear area 4 of the case. It will be noted that the use of a cover as a guard ensures good support for stylet 26, thus avoiding any unexpected fall of the stylet when the carrying case

It will be understood that various contributions can be made. obvious modifications and / or improvements for the person skilled in the art to the different embodiments of the invention described in this description without departing from the framework of the invention defined by the appended claims.

To this end, it is clear that the system of pinching can be done in different ways, in In particular, the stop elements can be replaced by additional fixing tabs, the armor can be replaced by isolated elements of stop, positioning and fixing, or you can also use any material that present a minimum of flexibility that allows placement and Removal of the console instead of a plastic material.

Claims (11)

1. Protective case (1) for console (8) of video games, said case including: an upper face (2) and a lower face (3) that pivot with respect to each other at the level of an area posterior (4) and that define a first position called closed when the upper face is superimposed on the lower face and a second position called open when the upper faces e lower are juxtaposed; a support element (5) of the console, fixed on the underside inside the case; that it comprises means of access to the controls (11) of the console; closing means (17, 18) of the face upper with the lower face to keep them in position closed; characterized in that the support element (5) of the console is a coupling system (14, 15) of the console by pinching. 2. Protective case according to claim 1, characterized in that the video game console comprises a lower part (9) and a retractable upper part (10), and that the pinch engagement system is applied on the lower part of the console. 3. Protective case according to claim 2, characterized in that the upper part of the video game console is connected to the lower part by a hinge (12), and that the pinch engagement system comprises at least one fixing tab ( 14) arranged to be fixed in a groove (19) formed between the hinge and the bottom. 4. Protective case according to claim 3, characterized in that the fixing tab comprises at its free end a pin (22) of decreasing thickness. 5. Protective case according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the coupling system comprises at least one stop element (15) opposite to said at least one fixing tab. 6. Protective case according to claim 5, characterized in that the system comprises two abutment elements each forming an angle and which are arranged at two angles of the console, opposite to the console flap. 7. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clamping system is formed by an armature (16) of a plastic material. 8. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closing means (17, 18) are magnetic. 9. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the case has lateral openings (23). 10. Protective case according to claim 9, characterized in that the video game console comprises a housing (20) for accessories (21), and that a recess (24) is provided on one of the upper or lower faces of the case at the level of the lateral openings in an area corresponding to the outer end of the housing. 11. Protective case according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a cover (27) for accessories (26) is arranged in the rear area.