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US 8,500,010 B1Granted
Card reader for mobile device
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsDavid A. Marcus, Hill Ferguson, Max E. Metral, Egan Schulz
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Abstract
A card reader for use with a mobile device includes a rotatable face that can be rotated over a portion of the mobile device so that when the user slides a card through the card reader, the overlapping portion of the rotatable face prevents the card reader from spinning or rotating. A foot and/or a housing for a jack on the bottom of the card reader prevents the card reader from accidently turning off the mobile device during use.
Claims20
A card reader comprising:
- a stationary back plate;
- a stationary front plate connected to the back plate, wherein a slot is formed between the back plate and the stationary front plate and wherein the slot is configured to receive a card;
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- a rotatable front plate rotatably coupled to the stationary front plate and rotatable along a face of the stationary front plate parallel to a front or back face of a mobile device, wherein the rotatable front plate is rotatable to be positioned such that at least a portion of the rotatable front plate overlaps a surface of the mobile device when the card reader is inserted into the mobile device.
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A card reader for a mobile device, comprising:
- a stationary first plate;
- a stationary second plate connected to the first plate, wherein a slot is formed between the first plate and the second plate and wherein the slot is configured to receive a card;
- a third plate rotatably coupled to the second plate and rotatable along a face of the stationary first or second plate parallel to a front or back face of the mobile device, wherein the third plate is rotatable to be positioned such that at least a portion of the third plate overlaps a surface of the mobile device when the card reader is inserted into the mobile device;
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- a jack extending from a first bottom portion of the first or second plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.