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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1999
Toshiyasu Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A water sinking confirmation device enabling judgment on whether or not a portable terminal device or the like has been sunk in water. The water sinking confirmation device includes a lower case provided with a hole, a double side coated adhesive member for bonding both sides, surrounding the hole, a transparent sheet for blocking entrance of water from the hole and allowing the state change of a water sinking confirmation seal seen through from the surface thereof, and the water sinking confirmation seal including a double side coated adhesive member disposed at both ends of the transparent sheet and a white plain paper, and the white plain paper applied with red color printing with a water-color ink at the center. The hole is formed at a position not to be covered by another part mounted on the lower case, for example, above a holding member.