Patent ID: 7740493

Claim:
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive comprising: a slim USB device having an end used to couple the USB flash drive to a host when the USB flash drive is connected thereto, the slim USB device further having an opposite end; a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) disposed within the slim USB device to maintain information provided by a host when the USB flash drive is connected to the host; a metal case into which the PCBA is housed, the metal case having disposed thereon a first USB device protrusion and a second USB device protrusion; a USB device swivel cap having a side slit that serves as an opening into which the slim USB device is encapsulated when the slim USB device is in a closed position, the side slit being disposed along a lateral side of the USB device swivel cap, the USB device swivel cap being the shape of the slim USB device and slightly larger than the slim USB device only to the extent that it encapsulates the slim USB device and no more the USB device swivel cap having disposed thereon a first cap hole and a second cap hole; a USB device rivet positioned in the slim USB device and the USB device swivel cap and configured to pivotally connect the USB device swivel cap to the slim USB device at the opposite end of the slim USB device to allow the slim USB device to pivotally extend outwardly from the side slit; a swivel rocker disposed at the opposite end of the slim USB device that is pivotally extendable outwardly from the opposite end of the slim USB device, the swivel rocker causing the slim USB device to extend outwardly through the side slit by establishing contact with the slim USB device and pushing it outwardly from the USB device swivel cap when the swivel rocker itself is caused to extend outwardly from the opposite end of the slim USB device thereby positioning the slim USB device in an open position, the first and second cap holes being disposed on either side of the USB device rivet, the first and second USB device protrusions being disposed on either side of the USB device rivet, wherein the first USB device protrusion fits into the first cap hole and the second USB device protrusion fits into the second cap hole to secure the metal case into the USB device swivel cap thereby causing the slim USB device to be locked into an open position when the first USB device protrusion fits into the first cap hole and the second USB device protrusion fits into the second cap hole.