Patent ID: 6923373

Claim:
A device with a memory card insertion/removing mechanism, the device comprising: a slot disposed in the device; a memory card holder, disposed in the device, for accommodating a memory card inserted through the slot to the memory card holder; a pushing-out member holder, disposed in the device; a pushing-out member accommodated in the pushing-out member holder and movable in a card insertion direction and a card removing direction along a first guide defined by the pushing-out member holder, the pushing-out member holder communicating with a back side, as viewed in the card insertion direction, of the memory card holder; and an operation opening disposed in the device and exposing a portion of the pushing-out member to an exterior of the device, wherein the pushing-out member is moved in the card insertion direction by a pushing force exerted by the memory card when the memory card is inserted into the slot of the device, and pushes out the memory card accommodated in the memory card holder by an external operation through the operation opening; the memory card holder functions as a second guide for guiding the memory card such that one of two surfaces of the memory card holder faces at least one of two surfaces of the memory card; the first guide has a top surface and a bottom surface and side surfaces therebetween, one of the top and bottom surfaces of the first guide being arranged continuously and flush with one of the two surfaces of the second guide, the side surfaces of the first guide guiding sides of the pushing-out member; said pushing-out member has a thickness that is substantially equal to a thickness of the memory card, and upper and lower surfaces of the pushing-out member are substantially planar with upper and lower surfaces of the memory card when said memory card is disposed in said memory card holder; and said pushing-out member is disposed adjacent to the memory card such that the pushing-out member is not superimposed on the memory card when said memory card is disposed in said memory card holder.