Appeal No. 2007-0507
Application 10/737,051
As shown in Figure 10A (reproduced below), Ohgami employs a spring-
biased slider 55 that engages battery pillar 42 in order to latch or unlatch the
battery and to raise one end of the battery as part of the unlatching operation.
Slider 55 is moved by means of a “finger-hooking portion” 79 (col. 10, ll. 36-44)
and includes a guide wall portion 59. Guide wall portion 59 has a flat surface 60
that faces the end surface 35b of the battery case when a battery is located in
receptacle 17 (col. 9, ll. 33-37). Guide wall portion 59 also provides a cam surface
65 having (1) a cam portion 64 and (2) an extension 66 that includes a concave
(i.e., cylindrical) surface area or cavity 67 (col. 9, ll. 51-61).
Figure 11A shows the slider in the lock position into which it is biased by a spring
69 (shown in Fig. 17) (col. 9, l. 66 to col. 10, l. 18). When the slider is in the lock
position, battery pillar 42 is held in a groove-shaped lock portion 61 of the slider.
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