Patent ID: 7661967

Claim:
A memory drive comprising: a first casing; a second casing coupled to the first casing, wherein the first and second casings form a casing structure; a sliding and locking mechanism on a carrier for extending and retracting a memory device and connector on the carrier from and to the casing structure; the carrier located in an opening between the casing structure, wherein the casing structure includes two detents, wherein an activation slide button is engaged with the one of the two detents when the memory device and a connector is in an extended position, and wherein the activation slide button is engaged with the other of the two detents when the memory device and the connector is in a retracted position, and wherein the casing structure includes at least a third detent that engages a protrusion on the carrier to lock the memory device and the connector in place when the carrier slides within the casing structure.