Patent ID: 7450173
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A sliding-type portable communication apparatus comprising: a body housing; a sliding housing sliding on an upper surface of the body housing while being in contact with the body housing; a pair of first and a pair of second angled housings, each of the first angled housings extending from one corner of one side of the body housing in an inclined direction away from a lower surface of the sliding housing, each of the second angled housing having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being in contact with the first angled housings while extending in the inclined direction, and the second surface being opposite to the first surface and in contact with the sliding housing; a pair of connecting arms each extending from a respective end of one of the second angled housings in the inclined direction; and a rotatable lens housing disposed between the pair of connecting arms and having a camera lens, the camera lens being oriented in a direction passing through the lower surface of the sliding housing when the sliding housing has not been moved relative to the body housing, and the camera lens being oriented in a direction passing through the upper surface of the body housing when the sliding housing has been moved at a predetermined distance relative to the body housing.