Patent ID: 11949803
Assignee: HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method of manufacturing a locking mechanism in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
disposing a slider on an exterior side of a battery cover of the mobile terminal, wherein the slider comprises an opening extending through the slider and is configured to translate between a locked position and an unlocked position;
disposing a latch on an interior side of the battery cover of the mobile terminal, wherein the latch is attached to the slider and configured to translate between the locked position and the unlocked position, wherein the latch comprises a corresponding opening extending through the latch and a protrusion;
disposing a button within the opening of the slider and the corresponding opening of the latch; and
providing a spring in contact with the latch and the button,
wherein in an instance in which an external force is applied to the button, the external force deforms the spring such that contact between a vertical edge of the protrusion and the spring is precluded allowing translation of the slider and the latch between the locked position and the unlocked position,
wherein the latch and the slider each extends outward of the button to provide at least one of a lip, a flange, or an extension along an exterior edge of the latch and the slider that contact an exterior surface of the battery cover and an interior surface of a back housing of the mobile terminal.