Patent ID: 6813158
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An electronic device comprising:a main body having an opening; a card receiver which receives an insertion portion of a card when the card has been inserted into the main body through the opening; a receiving section opposed to the opening and adjacent to the card receiver; a protector member movable between a reception position in which the protector member is received in the receiving section, and a projection position in which the protector member projects from the receiving section to an outside of the main body through the opening, the protector member protecting a projecting portion of the card, which projects through the opening, when the protector member is in the projection position; and a lock mechanism which locks the protector member in the projection position, wherein in a state where the protector member is moved to the projection position, less than a half of the protector member projects through the opening, wherein the protector member projects at least outwardly from the projecting portion of the card when the projector member is in the projection position, wherein the lock mechanism includes a lock hole formed in a side surface of the protector member extending in a direction in which the protector member slides, and a lock member to be engaged with the lock hole when the protector member is in the projection position, wherein the protector member includes an end surface that is exposed through the opening when the protector member is received in the receiving section, and wherein the lock member is in contact with the end surface of the protector member when the protector member is in the reception position, thereby locking the protector member in the reception position.