Patent ID: 8456809

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a camera mount installed in the terminal body and configured to protrude from a rear surface of the terminal body; a camera mounted in the camera mount; a case detachably coupled to the rear surface of the terminal body such that the case has a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, the case comprising a camera hole configured to expose the camera mount such that the camera protrudes from the camera hole when the case is in the locked configuration, the case sliding in a vertical direction at a first angle with respect to the terminal body when the case is moved between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration such that the camera hole moves without being restricted by the camera mount; and a locking unit comprising: a plurality of locking recesses formed on the rear surface of the terminal body, each of the plurality of locking recesses having a slope guiding portion in a same direction; locking protrusions formed on an inner surface of the case, each of the locking protrusions corresponding to one of the plurality of locking recesses and having at least one slope face that is brought into contact with the slope guiding portion of the corresponding locking recess; and horizontal locking units configured to interrupt retreat of the locking protrusions when each of the locking protrusions slopingly enters the slope guiding portion of the corresponding locking recess, each of the horizontal locking units comprising a first protrusion formed on the terminal body and a second protrusion formed on the inner surface of the case, the second protrusion configured to move in contact with the first protrusion.