Patent ID: 8238978

Claim:
A portable apparatus comprising: a first case portion including a full keyboard; a second case portion superposed on the first case portion; a slide connection member connecting the first case portion to the second case portion in such a manner that the first case portion is slidable in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the full keyboard; wherein the first and second case portions have a hiding mechanism with which a part of the slide connection member is prevented from being exposed to the outside when the first case portion is maximally slid out with respect to the second case portion; a third case portion superposed on the second case portion; a rotatable connection member disposed on a long side of a main planar portion of the second case portion, the rotatable connection member rotatably supporting the third case portion with the long side serving as an axis of rotation; a fourth case portion superposed on the third case portion; a second slide connection member connecting the fourth case portion to the third case portion in such a manner that the fourth case portion is slidable in a length direction of the third case portion, wherein a numeric keyboard is disposed on the third case portion; a fifth case portion superposed on the fourth case portion; and a second rotatable connection member disposed on a short side of a main planar portion of the fourth case portion, the second rotatable connection member supporting the fifth case portion in such a manner that the fifth case portion is rotatable with the short side serving as an axis of rotation, a screen display unit is directly disposed on a surface of the fifth case portion.