Write protection for memory diskettes

Claim 1

A diskette cartridge for a magnetic disk that is disposed for rotation within a housing, the diskette cartridge comprising: a recess near a peripheral edge of the housing having selected length and width dimensions and including an aperture for access thereto having an opening width dimension smaller than the recess width dimension; and a slide component including a body having a width dimension smaller than the width dimension of the recess, and having a length dimension smaller than the length dimension of the aperture and including first and second legs spaced apart and substantially parallel and each attached on one end to opposite ends of an edge of the body, the combined length dimensions of the first leg and the body being larger than the length dimension of the aperture, the combined length dimensions of the second leg and the body being smaller than the length dimension of the aperture for first admitting insertion of the first leg and a second edge of the body adjacent the first leg along a first portion of the aperture and for subsequently admitting insertion of the remainder of the body and the second leg along another portion of the aperture opposite the first portion to support slideable movement of the slide component within the aperture and recess in an orientation along the length of the recess, the body having a chamfer on an underside of a third edge adjacent the second leg to facilitate the insertion thereof within said recess.