DATA CARD GUIDE TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE

摘要

A data card guide apparatus includes a card guide having a guide base and in some embodiments, a finger slot or channel to ease card usage. The card guide can be aligned in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane with a card slot for receiving a data card irrespective of the height and the position of the card slot. In some embodiments, a channel can be formed from channel walls located above the card guide to allow for holding of the data card with two fingers while the data card slides in or out of the card guide. Such a channel can be configured as an extension of the card guide and the height of the channel is equivalent to the height of the guide base. With either configuration, a user does not need to look at the card slot to slide in or remove the data card.

主权项

1. A data card guide apparatus, comprising:
a card guide having a guide base, said card guide aligned in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane with a card slot for receiving a data card irrespective of a height and a position of said card slot; and a finger slot mechanism having a finger slot formed from finger slot walls having a radius curvature (ROCH), said finger slot mechanism configured as an extension of said card guide located below and within said card guide to assist in sliding said data card in or out of said card guide, said finger slot configured to allow a finger to fit into said finger slot, said finger slot comprising a channel having channel walls, said channel walls comprising said finger slot walls, wherein said channel walls comprise a shape selected from among a variety of different types of shapes.