Patent ID: 8446715

Claim:
A portable electronic device, comprising: a housing formed with a first receiving space, and a second receiving space communicating spatially with said first receiving space; a keyboard disposed within said second receiving space; and a pop-up mechanism disposed within said first receiving space and including a hollow post body disposed within said first receiving space; and an ejecting member disposed movably within said hollow post body and abutting against a bottom side of said keyboard; said ejecting member being movable between a first height position and a second height position; wherein, when said ejecting member is in said first height position, said keyboard is in a horizontal position within said second receiving space; wherein, when said ejecting member is in said second height position, said keyboard is in a tilted position tilting outwardly from said second receiving space; wherein said keyboard is independently operable to press said ejecting member so that said ejecting member is movable from said first height position to said second height position, and vice versa; and wherein said ejecting member is configured such that when said ejecting member in said second height position is pressed, said ejecting member is displaced from said second height position to said first height position, and when said ejecting member in said first height position is pressed, said ejecting member is displaced from said first height position to said second height position.