Patent ID: 8208254

Claim:
A slide mechanism for a portable electronic device, comprising: a first plate defining a first guiding slot at each of its sides; a second plate defining a second guiding slot at each of its sides; and two connecting bodies, each connecting body passing through the first guiding slot and the corresponding second guiding slot to connect the first plate and the second plate, and the connecting body slidable relative to the first guiding slot and the second guiding slot; wherein each connecting body includes two opposite sidewalls, each side wall defining a first groove and a second groove, the first groove is parallel with the second groove, the first groove engages with the first guiding slot to connect the connecting body to the first plate, the second groove engages with the second guiding slot to connect the connecting body to the second plate; and wherein the connecting body forms a first spacing wall between the two opposite first grooves and between the two opposite second grooves, the first spacing wall has substantially the same width as the first guiding slot.