Patent ID: 9655425
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A45C,A45F

Claim:
1. An electronic device and a strap connected to the electronic device and configured to be used in a state in which the electronic device is held by a user with a user's hand, the electronic device comprising: a first chassis having a keyboard portion; a second chassis having a display portion; and a hinge for connecting a side portion of the first chassis and a side portion of the second chassis to each other; and the strap comprising: a loop portion formed of a band member having a bifurcation portion; a connecting portion joined directly to the loop portion and being capable of being connected to the electronic device; a joining portion where the connecting portion is connected to the band member; and a protecting member formed to completely cover the joining portion, the bifurcation portion and both ends of the loop portion so as to protect the user's hand, wherein the protecting member is configured to protect an interdigital portion of the user's hand, in a state in which a user's wrist is inserted into the loop portion and a neighboring portion of the joining portion is sandwiched by the interdigital portion of the user's hand, when the electronic device is disposed on a user's forearm and when the side portion of the first chassis or the side portion of the second chassis is gripped by the user's hand, and wherein the protecting member is formed in a constricted shape which corresponds to a shape of the interdigital portion between a root of a thumb and a root of a first finger of the user's hand, so that the interdigital portion between the root of the thumb and the root of the first finger of the user's hand can be protected when a palm of the user's hand is expanded to a predetermined state.