Patent Publication Number: US-2023157427-A1

Title: Protection bag for notebook computer

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates generally to a protection bag, in particular to a protection bag for notebook computer able to provide sunlight shielding and privacy protection when in use. 
     2. The Prior Arts 
     Due to the development of science and technology, most people are almost inseparable from personal computers (PC) in daily lives. Common computer types are categorized as notebook computers and desktop computers. Notebook computers are light and thin, easy to carry, equipped with liquid crystal display having lower radiation and consuming less power than desktop computers, and is currently widely favored by consumers. However, notebook computers also have some disadvantages, such as, the surface being prone to scratching because of portability, privacy is hard to maintain when used in public, and the display reflecting light and hard to read when used outdoors with strong light. In view of the above-mentioned disadvantages, there are currently a variety of computer bags, sunshade accessories, etc. on the market, but most of them are only for single function. For this reason, its is desirable to provide a design able to meet various functional needs. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The objective of the present invention is to provide a protection bag for notebook computers, which can protect the notebook computer to avoid being scratched when carrying around; when the notebook computer is in use, an inverted U-shaped shading is provided at the top edge of the display to shield the sunlight as well as prevent others from peeping, and achieve excellent convenience. 
     To achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention provides a protection bag for notebook computer. The notebook computer includes a keyboard and a display that are pivotally connected to each other. The protection bag for notebook computer includes: a bottom plate, a back plate, a cover plate, and two side plates; the bottom plate and the cover plate are bendably connected to the two opposite sides of the back plate, and the two side plates are also bendably connected to the other two remaining opposite sides of the back plates; the bottom plate is disposed with at least one first fixing member, the first fixing member is for fixing the keyboard on the bottom plate: the back plate is provided with at least one second fixing member, the second fixing member is for fixing the display on the back plate, when the notebook computer is unfolded for use, the cover plate and the two side plates are bent to form an inverted U-shaped shade on the top edge of the display. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the back plate is connected to the bottom plate via a first connecting portion, and is connected to the cover plate via a second connecting portion, and the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are made of flexible materials. 
     In a preferred embodiment, each side plate is connected to the back plate via a third connecting portion, and the third connecting portion is made of a flexible material. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the two opposite sides of the cover plate that are not connected to the back plate are each disposed with a bendable pressing plate; when the cover plate and the two side plates form an inverted U-shaped shade, the pressing plate stays in contact with the side plate to maintain the overall shape. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the side plate and the pressing plate are lined with an embedded soft magnetic plate for using magnetic force as adsorption when the side plate is in contact with the pressing plate. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the present invention also includes a handle, disposed on the second connecting portion, located on the side of the back plate not fixed to the display, the second connecting portion being a hard plate, but the joints of the second connecting portion, the back plate and the cover plate being bendable. 
     In a preferred embodiment, there are two first fixing members and the two first fixing members are located at two of the four corners of the bottom plate, the two first fixing members are located far away from the adjacent side of the bottom plate and the back plate, and when in use, the two first fixing members are fixed to the two corners of the keyboard. 
     In a preferred embodiment, there are two second fixing members and the two second fixing members are located at two of the four corners of the back plate, the two second fixing members are located far away from adjacent side of the bottom plate and the back plate, and when in use, the two second fixing members are fixed to the two corners of the display. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the present invention further includes a buckle unit, the buckle unit includes a first butting piece and a second butting piece, the first butting piece is disposed on the cover plate, the second butting piece is disposed on the bottom plate, and when the cover plate is folded to cover the bottom plate, the first butting piece and the second butting piece are connected to achieve the purpose of fixing. 
     In a preferred embodiment, the buckle unit is at least one of a button set, a magnetic button set, a snap button set, a Velcro fastener, a zipper, an adjust ring set, a D-ring set, and so on. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, with reference to the attached drawings, in which: 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic view of the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention in an unfolded state; 
         FIG.  2    is a schematic view from the bottom of the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention in an unfolded state; 
         FIG.  3    is a schematic view of the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention in a folded state; 
         FIG.  4    is a schematic view of a notebook computer placed in the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention; 
         FIG.  5    is a schematic view of a notebook computer placed in the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention and forming a shade; 
         FIG.  6    is a schematic view of a notebook computer completely wrapped inside the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention; 
         FIG.  7    is a schematic view of a notebook computer completely wrapped inside the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention in another state. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. 
     As shown in  FIG.  1    and  FIG.  2   , two schematic views of the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention in an unfolded state. The protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention includes a bottom plate  1 , a back plate  2 , a cover plate  3 , and two side plates  4 . The sides of the back plate  2  are respectively connected with the aforementioned back plate, cover plate, and side plates and are bendable at the joints, thereby forming an inverted U-shape shade after bending (as shown in  FIG.  3    and  FIG.  5   ), or as a bag shape (as shown in  FIG.  6   ). 
     As shown in  FIG.  4   , the protection bag for notebook computer of the present invention is applicable to a notebook computer  6 . The notebook computer  6  is composed of a keyboard  61  and a display  62  that are pivotally connected to each other. 
     The bottom plate  1  is rectangular and is provided with at least one first fixing member  11 , and the first fixing member  11  is to fix the keyboard  61  onto the bottom plate  1 . The first fixing member  11  can be selected in various ways according to the design, for example: the first fixing member  11  is a reusable adhesive silicon glue to temporarily stick the bottom of the keyboard  61 ; or as shown in this embodiment, the first fixing member  11  is an elastic tightening strap, there are two first fixing members  11  and they are located at two of the four corners of the bottom plate  1 , and the two first fixing members  11  are located far away from the adjacent sides of the bottom plate  1  and the back plate  2 ; in addition, the first fixing member  11  can also be a sleeve, and the sleeve can be placed on the two corners of the keyboard  61  to hold the corners in place. 
     The back plate  2  is rectangular, and two opposite sides are connected to the bottom plate  1  and the cover plate  3  respectively, and the two side plates  4  are connected to the two remaining opposite sides. Considering that the notebook computer  6  has a thickness, the back plate  2  is connected to the bottom plate  1  via a first connecting portion  21  and connected to the cover plate  3  via a second connecting portion  22 . The side plate  4  is provided with a third connecting portion  41  connected to the back plate  2 . The first connecting portion  21 , the second connecting portion  22 , and the third connecting portion  41  are made of flexible materials, such as cloth or faux-leather rubber material. The back of the second connecting part  22  is additionally provided with a handle  24 , which is convenient for hand holding when the laptop  6  is covered by the protection bag. Therefore, the second connecting portion  22  can also be a hard plate, with only the junctions of the second connecting portion  22  with the back plate  1  and the cover plate  3  made of a soft material so as to be bent. 
     The back plate  2  is provided with at least one second fixing member  23 , and the second fixing member  23  is to fix the display  62  onto the back plate  2 . The second fixing member  22  can be selected in various ways according to the design. For example, the second fixing member  22  is a re-usable adhesive silicon glue, which is temporarily adhered to the back of the display  62 . Or, the second fixing member  22  is an elastic tightening strap, there are two second fixing member  22  and they are located at two of the four corners of the back plate  2 , and two of the second fixing members  23  are located far away from the adjacent side of the bottom plate  1  and the back plate  2 . In this embodiment, the second fixing member  23  can be a transparent sleeve, which can be placed on the two corners of the display  62  to hold the display  62  in place without hindering the user from viewing the display. Thereby, the two first fixing members  11  of the bottom plate  1  and the two second fixing members  23  of the back plate  2  are respectively fixed to the keyboard  61  and the display  62  of the notebook computer  6 , so that notebook computer  6  is fixed together with the protection bag. 
     The cover plate  3  is connected to the back plate  2  via the second connecting portion  22 , and located at the junction of the back plate  2  and the other side of the bottom plate  1 . The other two opposite sides of the cover plate  3  are also provided with a bendable pressing plate  31  respectively, and the pressing plate  31  is used to assist in maintaining the shape of the shade to shield the sunlight. 
     The two side plates  4  are bendably connected to the two opposite sides of the back plate  2 . In order to facilitate bending, the side plate  4  in this embodiment is connected to the back plate  2  through the third connecting portion  41 . In addition, in order to facilitate the bending into an inverted U-shaped shade structure, the side plate  4 , the cover plate  3 , and an inner lining of the pressing plate  31  can be embedded with a magnetic soft plate, so that the magnetic force is used to maintain the inverted U-shaped shape. 
     In addition, the present invention also includes a buckle unit  5 , the buckle unit  5  is to fix the protection bag into the handbag shape, and can be, for example, at least one of a button set, a magnetic button set, a snap button set, a Velcro fastener, a zipper, an adjust ring set, a D-ring set, and so on. In this embodiment, the buckle unit  5  is a Velcro fastener, so the buckle unit  5  includes a first butting piece  51  and a second butting piece  52 . The first butting piece  51  is disposed on the cover plate  3 , and the second butting piece  52  is disposed on the bottom surface of the bottom plate  2 . When the protection bag is in a handbag shape, the cover plate  3  is attached to the bottom plate  1 , and the first butting piece  51  and the second butting piece  52  are pressed to adhered to each other to achieve the purpose of fixing. 
       FIG.  4   ,  FIG.  5    and  FIG.  6    are schematic views of the actual use of the present invention. The keyboard  61  of the notebook computer  6  is placed on the bottom plate  1 , the two first fixing portions  11  are placed on the two corners of the keyboard  61 , and then the back plate  62  is attached to the display  62 , and two second fixing portions  23  are sleeved on the two corners of the display  62 , so that the notebook computer  6  can be fixed to the protection bag. As shown in  FIG.  5   , when the notebook computer  6  is in use, the side plates  4  and the cover plate  3  are bent toward the direction of the display  61 , and the pressing plate  31  is used to connect the side plate  4  to form an inverted U-shaped shade to protect privacy from the public peeping. In addition, it provides more convenience for outdoor use in strong light. As shown in  FIG.  6   , when the notebook computer  6  is closed and not in use, the side plate  4  can be wrapped on the outside of the bottom plate  1 , and then the cover plate  3  is pulled down over to fit the bottom plate  1 , with the fastening structure of the buckle unit  5  (such as the Velcro fastener) to hold the cover  3  and the bottom plate  1  together. The notebook computer  6  covered inside will not be prone to being scratched on the surface when carried around. As shown in  FIG.  7   , the side plate  4  is also bendable between the keyboard  61  and the display  62 , and then after the cover plate  3  is attached to the bottom plate  1  and fixed by the buckle unit  5 . Therefore, the protection bag covering the notebook computer  6  can be used according to the user&#39;s habit. 
     Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.