Patent ID: 7904127
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal comprising: an upper housing and a lower housing; a coupling portion for coupling said upper housing to said lower housing and guiding said first housing and said second housing along a planar direction thereof from a portable condition where said upper housing and said lower housing are stacked with each other to an extended condition where said upper housing and said lower housing are relatively moved; and a swing device for relatively rotating said upper housing and said lower housing about a line along a stacking direction of said upper housing and said lower housing; wherein said coupling portion comprises: a first rail and a second rail located in parallel with each other which are provided in one of a back face of said upper housing and a front face of said lower housing; and a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion which are provided on the other of the back face of said upper housing and the front face of said lower housing so as to be engaged with said first rail and said second rail; an engagement between said first engaging portion and said first rail is releasable under said portable condition; and the first engaging portion which has been released from said first rail is engageable with said second rail by rotating said upper housing and said lower housing relatively about an engaging point between said second engaging portion and said second rail.