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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2007
Kazuhiro Ohira, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Ohira, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Kurihara, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable unit includes a housing, a display section arranged at a position of a principal face of the housing displaced to a housing first end side, an operation key arranged at a position of the principal face of the housing displaced to a housing second end side with respect to the display section arrangement position, and a frame element provided so as to project from the housing second end of the housing and cooperate with the housing second end to define a hole portion between the housing second end, the frame element having a gripping assisting function of being gripped together with the housing when the housing is gripped from a back face side of the housing for operation of the portable unit by a user thereby to assist gripping of the housing and a strap holding function of holding a strap threaded through the hole portion.