Patent ID: 9385771
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06K,H04B,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A smart card receiving assembly for a handheld communication device comprising: a housing forming an access compartment; a release arm slidably coupled to the housing and comprising a downward extension extending downward beyond a bottom surface of the release arm, the release arm further comprises a recess sized to receive an external object to aid the movement of the release arm; a smart card receiver with an opening adapted to receive a smart card there through with a first side of the smart card exposed to the access compartment by the opening and a bottom cutout sized to expose the the electrical contacts of the smart card; wherein at least one of the housing and release arm includes slots and the other includes rails configured to be received in the slots and wherein those portions of the rails that are configured to be received in the slots have a longitudinal length that is longer than a longitudinal length of the slots; and wherein when the release arm is moved from a first position to a second position, the downward extension is configured to press against a second side of the smart card to move the smart card from a seated position to an unseated position and to at least partially slide out of the smart card receiver and into the access compartment, and wherein the rails and slots are configured to guide the downward extension when the release arm is slid from the first position to the second position.