Patent ID: 8634884

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: a first housing; a first guide member fixed to the first housing; a slide member coupled to the first guide member while facing the first guide member, the slide member being adapted to slide in a first direction under guidance of the first guide member; a second guide member fixed to the slide member; a second housing comprising a guide recess extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to receive the second guide member, the second housing being coupled to the second guide member so as to slide in the second direction under guidance of the second guide member; and a single elastic member having two supported ends, one of which is supported on the first guide member fixed to the first housing and the other end is supported on the second housing so as to provide elastic force in such a direction that the one end of the elastic member moves away from the other end of the elastic member, wherein the second housing, when overlapping the first housing, is capable of sliding in the first direction together with the slide member and the second guide member while the second housing is provided with elastic force by the single elastic member or in the second direction relative to the second guide member while the second housing is provided with elastic force by the single elastic member.