Patent ID: 7752716

Claim:
A portable-device holding clip that holds a portable device and is attachable to and detachable from a certain thin object, comprising: a first member which has a first gripping portion and holds the portable device; a second member having a second gripping portion which can abut against the first gripping portion with the certain thin object in between; and an elastic body generating elastic force which is applied between the first gripping portion and the second gripping portion and causes the first gripping portion and the second gripping portion to come in contact with each other; and wherein the first member further has: an attachment portion having an opposed surface which faces an attachment surface of the portable device; a rotation shaft which is attached to the attachment portion, passes through the attachment surface of the portable device, and holds the portable device in such a way that the portable device is rotatable around an axis of the rotation shaft with respect to the first member; an elastic member having a linkage portion which constitutes a part of a contour of the elastic member, and is connected to the opposed surface or a surface connected to the opposed surface in a elastically deformable manner; and a projection which can engage with one of a plurality of recesses formed in the attachment surface in such a manner as to be arranged on a circular arc away from a center of the rotation shaft by a predetermined distance, and is provided at a leading end of the elastic member, the elastic member is arranged in such a manner as to be retained in an opening formed in the opposed surface and formed in a shape corresponding to the contour of the elastic member, and is able to warp with respect to the opposed surface around the linkage portion, and the projection is disengaged from the recess by warping of the elastic member or engaged with the recess by a retroaction of the warping when the portable device is rotated with respect to the first member, and wherein elastic force originating from the elastic body exerts on the elastic member at least when the projection engages with the recess.