Patent Publication Number: US-2006013411-A1

Title: On a support seat of an audio player

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      1. Field of the invention  
      The present invention relates to a support seat of an audio player, more particularly one, which includes a main body, and various adjusting members used for changing the dimensions of a holding room of the main body in respective ways, which room is provided for receiving an audio player therein; thus, audio players with various sizes can be held steady on the support seat with the help of suitable adjusting members.  
      2. Brief Description of the Prior Art  
      Many kinds of audio appliances and video appliances are available for people to choose, e.g. MP 3 players, and CD players.  
      MP 3 players are specially used for playing MP3 music. The complete name of MP 3 is MPEG (Movie Picture Experts group)  1  Layer  3 . MP 3 players are usually used with headphones like a Walkman. And, a MP 3 player can be connected with, and held steady on a support seat equipped with speakers such that music can be played through the speakers of the support seat for many people to listen to; support seats of such types are usually formed with a holding cavity for a MP 3 player to be closely fitted in.  
      Because there are various specifications of MP 3 players, various support seats whose holding rooms have different sizes have to be provided for suiting all specifications of MP 3 players. Therefore, such support seats have very limited use, and will cause trouble to the manufacturers as well as inconvenience to the users.  
     SUMMARY  
      It is a main object of the present invention to provide an improvement on a support seat of an audio player to overcome the above disadvantages.  
      The support seat of the present invention includes a main body, and various adjusting members. The main body has speakers at two ends thereof, and a holding room for an audio player to be fitted in. The adjusting members can be firmly held in the holding room of the main body, and they have different shapes and sizes so as to cause change to dimensions of the holding room in respective ways when they are fitted in the holding room. Thus, music can be played through the speakers after an audio player is connected with the main body of the support seat. And, audio players with different sizes can be held steady on the support seat with help of suitable ones of the adjusting members. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
      The present invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:  
       FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of a support seat of an audio player in the present invention,  
       FIG. 2  is a perspective view of the first embodiment, ready for use with an audio player,  
       FIG. 3  is a perspective view of the first embodiment, ready for use with another audio player, and  
       FIG. 4  is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of a support seat of an audio player in the present invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
      Referring to  FIG. 1 , a preferred embodiment of a support seat of an audio player includes a main body  1 , and several adjusting members  13 .  
      The main body  1  has speakers  14  at two ends thereof, and a holding portion  11  between the speakers  14  at a front. The holding portion  11  is formed with a holding room, and fitting trenches  111 , which face and communicate with two sides of a rear end of the holding room. Furthermore, a connecting terminal  12  is disposed on the holding portion  11  in a vertical position. Thus, music can be played through the speakers  14  of the support seat  1  after an audio player is passed into the holding room, and connected with the terminal  13 .  
      The adjusting members  13  are selectively fitted in the holding room of the holding portion  11  for changing the length and width of the same. Referring to  FIG. 1  again, one of the adjusting members  13  is a substantially flat plate whose two ends can be closely fitted in the fitting trenches  111  of the holding portion  11 . And, the other adjusting members  13  have a substantially flat portion whose two ends can be closely fitted in the fitting trenches  111 , and two rib portions projecting from a front side of the substantially flat portion. Thus, any of players  2  with various sizes can be easily connected with the connecting terminal  12  and held steady on the support seat  1  after a suitable one of the adjusting members  13  has been fitted to the holding portion  11  with two ends being closely fitted in the fitting trenches  111 , as shown in  FIGS. 2 and 3 . And, music can be played through the speakers  14 .  
      Referring to  FIG. 4 , in a second embodiment of the present invention, holding portion  11  of support seat  1  has a holding cavity, which extends downwards from an upper side, while connecting terminal  12  is upright in the holding cavity. And, various adjusting members  13  are provided, which can be closely fitted in the holding cavity of the holding portion  11 , and which have holding spaces  131  of different sizes; thus, the adjusting members  13  can be selectively fitted in the holding portion  11  according to the size of a player that will be connected with the support seat  1 . Consequently, any of players  2  with various sizes can be easily connected with the connecting terminal  12  and held steady on the support seat  1  after a suitable one of the adjusting members  13  has been inserted in the holding portion  11 . And, music can be played through the speakers  14 .  
      From the above description, it can be easily understood that with the help of the adjusting members of the support seat of the present invention, players with various sizes can be easily connected with the connecting terminal and held steady in the holding portion.