Patent ID: 8890479

Claim:
A portable information terminal holding base, comprising: a holding base main body having a main mounting surface inclined with respect to a horizontal surface, the holding base main body being configured to hold, on the main mounting surface, one of a plurality of types of portable information terminals including at least a first portable information terminal and a second portable information terminal that is different from the first portable information terminal in length and width size and position of a battery-charging slot provided at a lower end thereof; and a battery-charging cover removably mounted to the holding base main body and comprising a terminal housing section configured to house therein one of the plurality of types of battery-charging plug connectors, which are formed compatible with the specifications of the battery-charging slots of the plurality of types of portable information terminals, respectively, the battery-charging cover being configured to: house, at a first fixing position, a battery-charging plug connector, which is formed compatible with specifications of a battery-charging slot of the first portable information terminal; and fix, when the second portable information terminal is to be held on the holding base main body, at a second fixing position different from the first fixing position in accordance with the length and width size of the second portable information terminal and the position of the battery-charging slot of the second portable information terminal, a battery-charging plug connector, which is formed compatible with specifications of the battery-charging slot of the second portable information terminal, wherein the first fixing position and the second fixing position are positions different from each other in a fore-and-aft direction and in a right-and-left direction, and the first fixing position and the second fixing position are positions at which the one of battery-charging plug connectors fixed to the battery-charging cover is insertable into the one of battery-charging slots of portable information terminals.