Patent ID: 8208976
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a cover member including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the cover member defining a keypad mounting cavity, a plurality of limiting blocks and latching poles protruding from the interior surface around the keypad mounting cavity; a keypad including a plurality of buttons and an annular protrusion protruding from a periphery of the buttons, the buttons being mounted in the keypad mounting cavity, a plurality of fastening columns formed on the annular protrusion; and a decorative member being a frame including a peripheral wall and a resisting board protruding from the peripheral wall, the resisting board defining a plurality of limiting cutouts, the decorative member being firstly received in the keypad mounting cavity from the interior surface, the peripheral wall of the decorative member received the keypad mounting cavity, and the resisting board abutting against the interior surface of the cover member, the limiting blocks inserted into the limiting cutouts; the keypad received in the frame, the buttons exposed from the exterior surface of the cover member; the annular protrusion abutting against the resisting board, the latching poles aligned and engaged with the fastening columns to allow the decorative member to be sandwiched between the cover member and the keypad, thus preventing impurities from entering into the portable electronic device via the keypad.