Patent ID: 8160661

Claim:
A slide mechanism, comprising: a rear cover; a front cover slidably attached to the rear cover; and at least one magnetic assembly connected to the rear cover and the front cover, each of the at least one magnetic assembly including a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member, wherein a magnetic force created between the first and second magnetic members forces the front cover to slide relative to the rear cover, and the magnetic members are arranged such that the height of the space occupied by the magnetic members is less than an arithmetic sum of the height of each of the magnetic members, each of the at least one magnetic assembly further comprises a first rotatable arm and a second rotatable arm, the first magnetic member is received in the first rotatable arm to form a first magnetic unit, the second magnetic member is received in the second rotatable arm to form a second magnetic unit, and the first magnetic unit is partially received in the second rotatable arm and is slidable relative to the second magnetic unit.