Memory card removal guard
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a battery compartment having a substantially planar base, for receiving a battery;
a memory card slot for receiving a memory card, the memory card slot having an opening through which the memory card can be removed along a plane substantially parallel with said planar base of the battery compartment; and
a guard member movable from a first position in which it at least partly blocks the removal of the memory card along the plane through the opening to the memory card slot to a second position in which the memory card can be removed along said plane from the memory card slot, wherein the battery compartment is arranged such that when the battery is inserted, the guard member is moved into the first position in response to the insertion of the battery, thereby preventing the memory card from being removed along said plane without first removing the battery.
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Abstract
A mobile device powered by a battery is provided having a guard member for preventing a memory card from being removed from the mobile device when a battery is inserted in the device. The battery is removably received in a battery compartment and the memory card is removably received in memory card. The memory card slot has an opening in the casing of the mobile device and the guard member is movable from a first position in which it at least partly blocks the opening to a second position in which the memory card can be removed from the memory card slot. The battery compartment for the battery is arranged such that when the battery is inserted, the guard member is moved to the first position.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a battery compartment having a substantially planar base, for receiving a battery; a memory card slot for receiving a memory card, the memory card slot having an opening through which the memory card can be removed along a plane substantially parallel with said planar base of the battery compartment; and a guard member movable from a first position in which it at least partly blocks the removal of the memory card along the plane through the opening to the memory card slot to a second position in which the memory card can be removed along said plane from the memory card slot, wherein the battery compartment is arranged such that when the battery is inserted, the guard member is moved into the first position in response to the insertion of the battery, thereby preventing the memory card from being removed along said plane without first removing the battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory card slot defining a plane, having an opening for removably receiving a memory card along the card slot plane; and a mechanism for preventing said memory card from being removed along the card slot plane when the apparatus is on, the mechanism comprising a first element arranged to be engaged by a battery upon insertion thereof into a battery compartment in the apparatus, the battery compartment having a substantially planar base substantially parallel with the card slot plane and a second element mechanically coupled to the first element and arranged to block removal of the memory card along the card slot plane through the opening to the memory card slot in response to the engagement between the first element and the battery, thereby preventing the memory card from being removed along the card slot plane without first removing the battery. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a battery compartment for removably receiving a battery, the battery compartment having a substantially planar base provided substantially parallel to a printed wire board (PWB); a memory card slot located between the base of the battery compartment and the PWB for removably receiving a memory card along a plane substantially parallel with said planar base of the battery compartment; a casing enclosing the battery compartment and the memory card slot; an opening to the memory card slot located in the casing of the apparatus; and a member located in the battery compartment at a distance from the base and arranged to be pushed down towards the base in response to insertion of the battery, the member being transversely connected to a door blocking said opening to the memory card compartment in the casing, the door blocking removal of the memory card along the plane through the opening in response to the member being pushed down towards the base of the battery compartment, thereby preventing the memory card from being removed along said plane without first removing the battery. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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a battery compartment for removably receiving a battery, the battery compartment having a substantially planar base provided substantially parallel to a printed wire board; a memory card slot provided adjacent the battery compartment with respect to a longitudinal direction of the apparatus for removably receiving a memory card in a plane substantially parallel with said planar base of the battery compartment; a casing enclosing the battery compartment and the memory card slot; an opening to the memory card slot provided in the casing; and a first member located in the battery compartment at a distance from the base and arranged to be pushed down towards the base in response to insertion of the battery, the first member being connected to a hook-shaped member arranged to fit over the memory card and block the opening to the memory card compartment, the hook-shaped member blocking removal of the memory card along the plane through the opening in response to the first member being pushed down towards the base of the battery compartment, thereby preventing the memory card from being removed along said plane without first removing the battery. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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