Patent ID: 7860539
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A slider type portable mobile communications device comprising: a top panel; and a bottom panel, where the top panel and the bottom panel are slidably movable to define a closed position and an open position, where the bottom panel includes: where the closed position includes the top panel substantially covering the bottom panel, where the open position includes the bottom panel being offset from the top panel such that a portion of the bottom panel is exposed, where, when the top panel moves from the open position to the closed position, the top panel encounters the one or more keys and exerts a downward force on the one or more keys, the downward force to compress and hold the one or more keys in the respective one or more recessed areas to maintain a consistent depth form factor for the slider type portable mobile communications device, and where the compressible mechanism for each of the one or more recessed areas includes: