Receptacle for touch memory button

Receptacle apparatus comprising:

• a housing having cooperating first and second components, said first component having a channel defined therein;
• a column moveable within said channel, said column having an engageable electrically conductive contact;
• an electrical pad secured to said second component proximate said channel;
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• an electrical connector electrically connected to said contact and extending within said channel toward said pad, wherein upon engagement of said column, said connector electrically engages said pad.

An information transfer device comprising:

• an information storage device;
• a column moveable within a channel, said column having a first engageable electrically conductive contact;
• a second engageable electrically conductive contact adjacent from said channel;
• a first electrical pad spaced from said column within said channel and a second electrical pad spaced from said column;
• a first electrical connector electrically connected to said first contact and extending within said channel toward said first pad, wherein upon engagement of said column, said first connector electrically engages said first pad;
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• a second electrical connector electrically connected to said second contact and said second pad, wherein upon engaging said column with said information storage device and moving said column within said channel, said information storage device contacts said first and second contacts, completing an electrical circuit therethrough for the transfer of information.

Receptacle apparatus for completing an electrical circuit between first and second devices, comprising:

• means movable within a structure defining a channel having first and second ends, said moving means including an electrically conductive contact engageable by said first device at said first channel end;
• an electrical terminal spaced from said column at said second channel end, said terminal being electrically connectable to said second device;
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• connector means electrically connected to said contact and extending within said channel toward said terminal, such that upon engagement of said contact by said first device, said connector means electrically engages said terminal, thereby completing said electrical circuit between said devices.

Receptacle apparatus for completing an electrical circuit between first and second devices, said receptacle apparatus being part of first and second structures that are movable relative to one another between proximal and separated positions, comprising:

• a column movable within a channel defined in said first structure, said channel having first and second ends, said column including a first electrically conductive contact engageable by said first device at said first channel end;
• a second electrically conductive contact in said channel engageable by said first device at said first channel end;
• first and second electrical terminals spaced from said column at said second channel end, said terminals supported in said second structure and being electrically connectable to said second device;
• conductive spring means electrically connected to said second contact, said spring means being compressed against said second terminal when said first and second structures are in their proximal position, thereby electrically connecting said second contact and said second terminal;
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• a connector electrically connected to said first contact and extending within said channel toward said first terminal, such that upon engagement of said first contact by said first device, said connector electrically engages said first terminal when said first and second structures are in their proximal position, thereby completing said electrical circuit between said devices.