Patent ID: 8665335
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a connector configured to electrically connect to a device connector of an external device; a support plate having a connector hole and a trigger lever hole formed therethrough, the connector hole configured to allow the support plate to move along the connector, and the trigger lever hole configured to allow a trigger lever to protrude from the support plate; and a control unit comprising the trigger lever, a latch, a slide plate, and a button; wherein, in a first position, the connector does not protrude through the connector hole, the trigger lever protrudes through the trigger lever hole, and the slide plate, which moves horizontally between a first and a second position, prevents the support plate from moving in a direction of insertion of the external device into the apparatus, and wherein, in a second position, the connector protrudes through the connector hole, the trigger lever does not protrude through the trigger lever hole, the slide plate prevents the support plate from moving in the direction of insertion, and the latch prevents the support plate from moving in a direction opposite the direction of insertion, and wherein the control unit is configured to allow transition from the first position to the second position in response to depression of the trigger lever and is further configured to allow transition from the second position to the first position in response to depression of the button.