Earphone storage device
AssigneesFu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorPan Yu
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Abstract
An earphone storage device includes a storage body having a bobbin, a track, and two sliders. The bobbin has a peripheral surface, an upper surface, a lower surface, a helical groove, and a protrusion. The helical groove is formed on the peripheral surface. The protrusion extends from the lower surface. The protrusion has a side surface and a hole formed in the side surface. The track is secured to the upper surface of the bobbin. The sliders are disposed on the track. The storage body stores earphones with an audio plug, earphone cords, and a pair of earbuds. The audio plug is inserted into the hole of the protrusion of the bobbin, the earphone cords are wound in the helical groove of the bobbin, and the earbuds are held by the sliders. The earphones can be securely stored, and the earphone cords do not tangle.
Claims13
An earphone storage device comprising a storage body having:
- a bobbin having:
- an upper surface;
- a lower surface;
- a protrusion extending from the lower surface, and the protrusion having a locking groove, and the locking groove is curved;
- a locking recess is located at an end of the locking groove;
- a housing having a sleeve, and the sleeve covering the bobbin and having an open end, a semi-closed end, and a receiving chamber, wherein the housing has a latching assembly, the latching assembly is mounted on the semi-closed end of the sleeve, and the latching assembly is protruded from the semi-closed end toward the receiving chamber;
- wherein the latching assembly has:
- an insert member having:
- an internal chamber;
- a bottom wall;
- and
- a guide slot formed in the bottom wall and communicating with the internal chamber;
- a moving member disposed in the insert member, and the moving member having:
- a latch arm having an abutting end and an engaging end;
- and
- a control arm movable along the guide slot of the insert member, the control arm having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end connecting to the latch arm, and the outer end protruding out of the insert member and the semi-closed end of the sleeve;
- and
- a resilient member disposed in the insert member;
- wherein the outer end of the control arm is moved along the guide slot to cause the engaging end of the latch arm to retract into the insert member, and to compress the resilient member to store energy, and the insert member is then inserted into the locking groove of the protrusion of the bobbin, when the control arm is released, the engaging end of the latch arm is pushed out of the insert member by the energy stored in the resilient member, to engage the locking recess at the end of the locking groove, and the latching assembly locks the bobbin in the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.