Footpad

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a footpad, and, more particularly, to a footpad, which provides holding pawls to engage with a base of the telephone set, the stationery or the office article easily firmly for resisting slip.

2. Description of Related Art

Currently, the 3C products, which include the computer product such as the keyboard, the printer and etc., the communication product such as the telephone set, and the consumer product, various stationeries and the office articles usually provide footpads at the bases thereof for increasing anti-slip. But, the conventional footpads are mostly adhered to the preceding products and they easily move away due to friction to the contact surface.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the conventional footpad 1 includes an anti-slip pad 11 and a detachable protective paper 2. The anti-slip pad 11 is coated with a layer of adhesive glue 12 at a lateral side thereof. The detachable protective paper 2 is easily peered off the anti-slip pad 11 to expose the adhesive glue 12 such that the adhesive glue 12 can adhere to the base 21′ of telephone set 2′. However, the adhesive glue 12 is apt to become deteriorated and losses its adherence after a period of time. As a result, the anti-slip pad 11 is easy to move away and it is incapable of performing the task of slip resistance. Further, it is inconvenient that the detachable protective paper 2 has to be made to cover the adhesive glue 12 during fabricating the footpad 1 and has to be torn off before the footpad 1 is in use.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a footpad in which a recess of the anti-slip pad is joined to a fixing member and a plurality of holding pawls extend outward from the fixing member such that it is assembled easily and no adhesive glue is required.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a footpad with a rough surface in different sizes and in different shapes for enhancing function of slip resistance.

To achieve the objects, a footpad according to the present invention comprises an anti-slip pad and a fixing member. The anti-slip pad provides an inner recess. The fixing member has a base corresponding to the inner groove extending outward a plurality of holding pawls from a lateral side of the base and the holding pawls being disposed on the circumference edge of said lateral side equidistantly in a way of spacing apart a gap from each other. The fixing member is capable of being inserted into the inner recess and the holding pawls are capable of engaging with the base of a product such as the telephone set, the stationery or the office article easily without loosening to perform the function of resisting slip.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the conventional footpad;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the anti-slip pad of the conventional footpad shown in FIG. I being detached from the detachable protective paper;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the anti-slip pad of the conventional footpad being adhered to the bottom of a telephone set;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a footpad according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a footpad according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a footpad according to the present invention illustrating the footpad being attached to a product:

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the footpad of the present invention being attached to the bottom of the telephone set; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view illustrating the footpad of the present invention with a different shape.

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