Patent ID: 7347736

Claim:
A card-like carrier for a low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) device, the USB device including a relatively wide handle structure having a peripheral edge, and a relatively narrow plug structure extending from the handle structure, the plug structure including a plurality of metal contacts exposed on an upper surface thereof, wherein the card-like carrier comprises: a base portion having peripheral walls surrounding a relatively wide main chamber; support structures disposed on lower edges of at least some of the peripheral walls and extending into the main chamber; one or more locking structures disposed along upper edges of at least one of the peripheral walls and extending into the main chamber; and an end portion attached to the base portion, the end portion including end walls defining a relatively narrow slot having a first end communicating with the main chamber, wherein the card-like carrier is constructed such that, when the plug structure of the USB device is inserted into the slot and the handle structure of the USB device is pressed into the main chamber, the handle structure of the USB device is restrained by the support structures and the locking structures such that the peripheral wall of the base portion extends along the peripheral edge of the handle structure, and the plug structure is maintained inside the slot.