Patent ID: 8289706

Claim:
A tilting portable electronic device, comprising: a housing; a cover; a sliding mechanism including a connecting plate, and at least one elastic member, the connecting plate rotatably connecting with the cover, the elastic member connecting to the connecting plate and the housing, the elastic member being an irregular linear-shaped spring, comprising a plurality of irregular wave crest sections and wave furrow sections; and a rotating member rotatably connecting to the cover and the housing; wherein when the cover is pushed by a force, one end of the cover slides along a surface of the housing with the connecting plate; the rotating member rotates to support the other end of the cover, after the cover slides over a predetermined distance, the elastic member releases energy to drive the connecting plate sliding further automatically, the cover opens tilted relative to the housing, the cover tilting relative to the housing at the same time with the sliding of the cover regardless of the sliding position of the cover relative to the housing.