Credit-card-sized carrier of both standard and micro form-factor flash-memory cards

摘要

A multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier is about the same size as a thick credit card and fits into a wallet. The multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier has bays that accept flash-memory cards. Larger bays on one side receive SD cards and a Memory Stick Duo card, while micro bays on another side of the carrier receive microSD cards and Memory Stick Micro cards. A carrier spine sandwiched between top and bottom covers has openings forming the bays. Spring-clip tabs on spring-clip fingers fit into notches on the side of the flash-memory cards to secure the flash-memory cards into the multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier to prevent loss. The spring-clip fingers are movable parts of the carrier spine that are deformed during insertion of the flash-memory cards. Both micro and standard flash-memory cards can be carried in the same multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier that can be placed in plastic sleeves for credit cards in a person's wallet.

主权项

1. A multi-standard flash-memory-card carrier comprising:
a top cover; a bottom cover; a carrier spine, situated between the top cover and the bottom cover; a first and a second set of openings formed on one side of the carrier spine and a third set of openings and a single opening formed on an opposite side of the carrier spine, wherein the first and the second set of openings are adjacent to each other and the third set of openings and the single opening are adjacent to each other, wherein each of the three sets of openings and the single opening is different in size and shape to receive four different types of flash memory cards; a first set of deformable spring-clip fingers formed within the first set of openings, wherein each of the first set of deformable spring-clip fingers includes a first type of spring-clip tab to secure a first type of micro flash card; a second set of deformable spring-clip fingers formed within the second set of openings, wherein each of the second set of deformable spring-clip fingers includes a second type of spring-clip tab to secure a second type of micro flash card; a first deformable spring side formed around a first oval cavity on the opposite side of the carrier spine and within one of the third set of openings, wherein the first deformable spring side includes a first type of spring side tab to secure a third type of larger flash card; and a second deformable spring side formed around a second oval cavity on the opposite side of the carrier spine, wherein the second deformable spring side includes the first type of spring side tab on a first side that is within another of the third set of openings and a second type of spring side tab on a second side that is within the single opening to secure both the third type of larger flash card on the first side and a fourth type of larger flash card on the second side, wherein the first and the second side are on opposite sides of the second deformable spring side.