Patent ID: 6705891
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G11B,H01R

Abstract:
A case for portable storage peripheral equipment comprising:a case body having a perimeter and defining a receiving space surrounded by the perimeter for receiving a portable storage peripheral equipment, the perimeter having a boundary portion, the boundary portion defining a receiving channel extending along the perimeter; and a cable assembly comprising a cable and a cable connector at a free end of the cable; wherein the cable can extend out of the case when the cable connector is in a using state, and the cable can be received in the receiving channel when the cable connector is in an unused state; wherein the perimeter of the case body is a pair of sidewalls and a front wall of the case body, a pair of ends of the front wall connecting with the pair of sidewalls; wherein the boundary portion forms a plurality of arcuate ribs protruding into the channel so as to support a jacket of the cable; wherein the boundary portion can be a sidewall, or two sidewalls of the case body; wherein the boundary portion further defines a retaining cavity at one end thereof, the retaining cavity communicates with the channel and can receive the cable connector therein when the cable is retained in the receiving channel; wherein the retaining cavity has a transversal dimension larger than the receiving channel; wherein a cushion is formed on a bottom wall surface of the retaining cavity which can prevent the cable connector from sliding out of the retaining cavity; wherein the perimeter of the case body has a front wall defining an aperture, the cable extending through the aperture and beyond the front wall.