Patent ID: 7284702

Claim:
An adapter for removable insertion into a digital media slot, having the same interface as the adapter, formed in a front panel of a digital media reader, said slot communicating with a guide structure for guiding insertion of said digital media therein and a plurality of male connector pins on said guide structure for electrical connection with a plurality of corresponding female connectors on said digital media, said adapter being positioned within said slot for removably receiving digital media into said adapter instead of directly into said slot and guide structure of said digital media reader, comprising: (a) a generally rectangular header having an elongate top and bottom, opposite first and second elongate faces and opposite sides, said first face defining a plurality of electrical connector female apertures arranged in a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the male connector pins of said digital media reader for receiving the reader male connector pins in electrical contact therewithin, said second face having a plurality of male connector pins projecting therefrom in the same configuration as the reader male connector pins for electrical connection with said plurality of corresponding female connectors on said digital media; (b) guide means corresponding to the guide structure of said reader defining the sides of said header, said guide means slidably engaging the guide structure of said reader for assuring proper sliding fit of said adapter within said guide structure and proper registry of said reader's male connector pins with said header's female apertures; and (c) means on said header for contacting structure on said reader for discharging electrostatic charge when said adapter is inserted into said reader; said adapter being positioned behind said front panel of said reader when fully inserted into said slot.