Patent ID: 7403612

Claim:
A slide mechanism which is a mechanism for relatively sliding a first casing and a second casing of a portable terminal device in a state that the casings are laid over each other in a vertical direction, said slide mechanism comprising: a slide case mounted on either one of the first casing and the second casing; a slider slidably accommodated in said slide case and mounted on the other one of the first casing and the second casing; and a resilient means resiliently disposed between said slider and said slide case, wherein said slide case is formed as an integral structure with a guide groove which extends to both ends in a longitudinal direction with the one end thereof being opened, wherein said slider has a shape which enables said slider to be inserted into the guide groove in an engaged state from the open end side, and wherein said slide case is further provided with a stopper portion preventing said slider from coming off after said slider is inserted into the guide.