Patent ID: 6950316
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a main body having two opposite side portions formed with two parallel guiding grooves, each of said parallel guiding grooves having opposite first and second ends; two first magnets attached respectively to said first and second ends of a respective one of said parallel guiding grooves; a cover member mounted on said main body, and having two parallel rails engaging slidably and respectively said parallel grooves in said main body, each of said parallel rails having opposite first and second ends, said cover member being movable on said main body between a standby position, in which an outer surface of said main body is concealed underneath said cover member, and an operation position, in which said outer surface of said main body is exposed to permit a user to operate the handheld electronic device; and a second magnet attached to said first end of a respective one of said parallel rails; wherein, said first and second magnets are attractable relative to each other so that said cover member is retained stably and stationarily at said standby and operation positions by virtue of attraction between said first and second magnets and by virtue of alignment between said first and second magnets when said cover member is moved to said standby and operation positions.