Patent ID: 7094106

Claim:
An adaptor for a memory card having an insertion opening at its one end, through which said memory card is housed in the adaptor, and configured to be connectable to a memory card slot of an electronic appliance, the adaptor comprising: a base made of a resin material; a plurality of electrically conductive members fixed to a surface of said base so as to electrically contact a plurality of terminals of said memory card inserted in the adapter; a cover made of a resin material; and a metal shell held between said base and said cover, so that a memory-card storage room is provided by a space surrounded by said metal shell and the surface of said base, wherein said metal shell is supported by said base to be movable in a seesaw fashion between an opening position where an insertion of said memory card in said memory-card storage room is enabled and a closing position where an ejection of said memory card from said memory-card storage room is disabled.