Patent ID: 8055317

Claim:
A sliding mechanism, comprising: a first plate defining a sliding slot and a control slot, the sliding slot and the control slot forming a predetermined angle therebetween and communicating with each other; a second plate longitudinally slidably connected to the first plate, the second plate including a sliding member formed on a surface thereof facing the first plate, the sliding member defining a receiving hole, the sliding member engaging with the sliding slot and including a positioning assembly, the positioning assembly received in the receiving hole, when the sliding member being near one end of the sliding slot and communicating with the control slot, a portion of the positioning assembly is partially exposed from the receiving hole, and is biased into the control slot to retain the first plate and second plate in a fixed relative position; a control assembly slidably received in the control slot; and a main elastic member, one end of the main elastic member being fixed to one end of the sliding slot, the other end being fixed with the sliding member; when the portion of the positioning assembly biased into the control slot is pushed out of the control slot by the control assembly, the main elastic member causes the sliding member to slide automatically to the other end of the sliding slot.