Patent ID: 8007297

Claim:
A device with an interface port protection cover, comprising: a housing defining a plurality of openings in a sidewall thereof to respectively allow a plurality of interface ports to be exposed, and defining at least one slot in the sidewall, the housing comprising one guide protrusion, and one limiting protrusion, protruding from a bottom thereof, corresponding to each of the at least one slot, each of the at least one limiting protrusion comprising an arcuate top, the guide protrusion being arranged between the corresponding one of the at least one slot and the corresponding one of the at least one limiting protrusion; an interface port protection cover to shield the plurality of openings of the housing, comprising a first end and a second end; and at least one connecting member, corresponding to the at least one slot, connecting the interface port protection cover to the side wall of the housing, each of the at least one connecting member comprising: a connecting portion fixed to the first end of an inner side of the protection cover; a sliding portion connected to the connecting portion, and defining a guide slot along a longitudinal direction of the sliding portion, one end of the sliding portion being connected to the connecting portion, and the other opposite end of the sliding portion extending through a corresponding one of the at least one slot of the housing, wherein the corresponding guide protrusion and the corresponding limiting protrusion are slidably received in the guide slot of the connecting member, the arcuate top of the limiting protrusion allows the sliding portion to move over the limiting protrusion when the sliding portion is pulled by the cover which is rotated with the first end resisting against the housing, the sliding portion is prevented from moving by the at least one limiting protrusion when the interface port protection cover is operated with the second end resisting against the housing.