Output device and operation unit cover

Abstract

An output device which houses a portable device in an internal space and which outputs at least audio or images outputted from the housed portable device to the outside, includes: a case body including a housing portion housing the portable device; a lid body to be locked to the case body, closing the housing portion in a locked state with respect to the case body and opening the housing portion in a lock release state with respect to the case body as well as a window portion is formed; and an operation unit cover made of transparent or semitransparent rubber materials and attached to the lid body in a state of closing the window portion. The housing portion includes a frame-shaped housing rib, and the housing portion includes a housing recess surrounded by the housing rib and a bottom surface is a placing surface for the portable device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An output device which houses a portable device in an internal space and which outputs at least audio or images outputted from the housed portable device to the outside, comprising:
 a case body including a housing portion housing the portable device;   a lid body to be locked to the case body, closing the housing portion in a locked state with respect to the case body and opening the housing portion in a lock release state with respect to the case body as well as a window portion is formed; and   an operation unit cover made of transparent or semitransparent rubber materials and attached to the lid body in a state of closing the window portion,   wherein the housing portion includes a frame-shaped housing rib,   the housing portion includes a housing recess surrounded by the housing rib and a bottom surface is a placing surface for the portable device,   the operation unit cover is fitted onto the housing rib in the locked state to close the housing recess,   the operation unit cover is provided with a front surface portion covering the housing recess in the locked state and a circumferential surface portion rising from an outer circumferential edge of the front surface portion and covering an outer peripheral surface of the housing rib in the locked state from the outside, and   the front surface portion of the operation unit cover includes a holding surface portion facing the placing surface of the housing recess to hold the portable device and two inclined surface portions respectively continuing from both ends of the holding surface portion, in which the distance to the placing surface is increased as drawing away from the holding surface portion.   
     
     
         2 . The output device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein a frame-shaped waterproof rib is provided on the outer peripheral side of the housing rib in the case body,   the operation unit cover includes a base portion protruding outward from an edge opposite to the holding surface portion in the circumferential surface portion, a frame-shaped inner protruding ridge rising from the base portion and positioned on the outer peripheral side of the circumferential surface portion and a frame-shaped outer protruding ridge rising from the base portion and positioned on the outer peripheral side of the inner protruding ridge, and   a portion between the inner protruding ridge and the outer protruding ridge on a surface where the inner protruding ridge and the outer protruding ridge are not formed in the base portion of the operation unit cover is pressed onto the waterproof rib in the locked state.   
     
     
         3 . The output device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the housing rib is provided with a recess for removal communicating with the housing recess for removing the portable device housed in the housing recess by inserting a finger by a user.   
     
     
         4 . The output device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein a nonslip sheet made of a rubber material is attached to the placing surface of the housing portion.   
     
     
         5 . The output device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein a connector to be connected to the portable device is arranged inside the housing rib,   the placing surface of the housing recess is formed in an approximately rectangular shape,   the two inclined surface portions of the operation unit cover are positioned to be apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the placing surface, and   the connector is positioned at one end portion in the longitudinal direction.   
     
     
         6 . An operation unit cover used for an output device which houses a portable device in an internal space, which outputs at least audio or images outputted from the housed portable device to the outside and which includes a case body having a housing portion including a housing recess surrounded by a frame-shaped housing rib and a bottom surface of which is a placing surface for the portable device to house the portable device, and a lid body to be locked to the case body, closing the housing portion in a locked state with respect to the case body and opening the housing portion in a lock release state with respect to the case body as well as a window portion is formed,
 wherein the operation unit cover is made of transparent or semitransparent rubber materials and attached to the lid body in a state of closing the window portion and closes the housing recess by being fitted onto the housing rib in the locked state,   a front surface portion covering the housing recess in the locked state and a circumferential surface unit rising from an outer peripheral edge of the front surface portion and covering an outer peripheral surface of the housing rib from the outside in the locked state are provided, and   the front surface portion includes a holding surface portion facing the placing surface of the housing recess to hold the portable device and two inclined surface portions continuing from both ends of the holding surface portion, in which the distance to the placing surface is increased as drawing away from the holding surface portion.