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Host device with memory card slot having a card gripping-extracting recess

  • US 8,747,162 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2012
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A host device comprising:

  • a housing with an outer surface;

    a memory card slot formed in the housing and having an opening in the outer surface configured to receive a memory card for insertion into the memory card slot;

    a plurality of electrical contacts exposed in the memory card slot for engaging corresponding contacts on a memory card when the memory card is inside the memory card slot;

    a recess at the opening of the memory card slot, wherein the recess is sized to allow gripping and extraction access to a the memory card inside the memory card slot, and wherein a bottom surface of a part of the housing that forms the recess is above a portion of a top surface of the memory card when the memory card is inside the memory card slot; and

    a processor configured to store data in or retrieve data from the memory card when the contacts on the memory card are engaged with the contacts in the memory card slot.

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