Patent ID: 7842412

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising: a housing defining a latch receiving portion; a battery cover having a button hole therein and defining at least one tab; and a latch fixed in the housing, the latch including a button member, an elastic member and a support member, the button member resisting the elastic member, the elastic member being attached to the support member, the support member being fixed in the housing, the button member being received in the button hole of the battery cover and the latch receiving portion of the housing, the support member including a receiving portion, the elastic member including a resisting portion, the resisting portion being received in the receiving portion, the button member including a button portion and a pressing portion, and the pressing portion biasing against the resisting portion of the elastic member and being received in the receiving portion of the support member, each tab being positioned proximate the latch receiving portion, the elastic member having at least one clasp, each clasp locking with a corresponding tab of the battery cover to thereby join the cover to the housing, the latch being configured such that, when the elastic member is pressed by the button member, the elastic member slides toward the button member and each clasp releases the tab corresponding thereto.