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

Claim 0:
1. A locking mechanism in a mobile terminal, comprising:
a slider disposed on an exterior side of a battery cover of the mobile terminal and comprising an opening extending through the slider and configured to translate between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a latch disposed on an interior side of the battery cover of the mobile terminal and attached to the slider, wherein the latch is configured to translate between the locked position and the unlocked position, and wherein the latch comprises a corresponding opening extending through the latch and a protrusion;
a button disposed within the opening of the slider and the corresponding opening of the latch; and, a spring in contact with the button and the latch,
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.