Patent ID: 7000842

Claim:
A card-like electronic appliance holder, comprising: a holder main body having an appliance insertion hole adapted to receive at least part of a card-like electronic appliance when the card-like electronic appliance is in an assembled position therein, the appliance insertion hole having an upper surface, a lower surface, a pair of side surfaces and an opening providing access to the appliance insertion hole; the holder main body including a rib part disposed adjacent to the opening of the appliance insertion hole so that the rib part frictionally engages a surface of the card-like electronic appliance when the card-like electronic appliance is in the assembled position to thereby hold the card-like electronic appliance in the assembled position, the rib part being formed on the upper surface and the lower surface continuously from one of the pair of side surfaces to the other of the pair of side surfaces, whereby the rib part closes a gap between the appliance insertion hole and the card-like electronic appliance when the card-like electronic appliance is inserted in the assembled position.