Patent ID: 6807276
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable telephone, equipped with an opening/closing cover, which can be opened and closed and houses an operating part at the inner side,said portable telephone being equipped with an operating panel, which comprises said operating part and is mounted to a main casing of the portable telephone in a manner enabling movement between a position at the front face side and a position at the inner side of the main casing, and a moving part, which moves said operating panel between the position at the front face side and the position at the inner side of the main casing, wherein when said opening/closing cover is at the closed position, said operating panel is positioned at the position at the inner side of the main casing and is housed at the inner side of the opening/closing cover, and when the opening/closing cover is opened, the operating panel is moved to the position at the front face side of the main casing by the moving part in accordance with the opening operation of the opening/closing cover so that the operating surface of the operating panel will be positioned at a position at which it will be substantially flush with the back face of the opening/closing cover that is positioned at the opened position, wherein said moving part comprises a resilient member that is interposed between the operating panel and the main casing and urges the operating panel toward the position at the front face side of the main casing.