Patent ID: 8423097

Claim:
A sliding portable apparatus in which an upper housing and a lower housing overlap each other when in an overlapped state, and overlapping faces of the upper housing and the lower housing, respectively, are gradually exposed when the upper housing and the lower housing are slid from each other from the overlapped state in a sliding direction using sliding rails arranged in parallel, the sliding portable apparatus comprising: an operating portion having keys provided on the overlapping face of the lower housing and which is exposed when the upper housing and the lower housing are slid from each other; a first display portion provided on a face of the upper housing which is exposed at all times; a second display portion provided on the overlapping face of the upper housing and which is exposed when the upper housing and the lower housing are slid from each other; side walls and groove portions corresponding to the side walls extended in the sliding direction, arranged at positions on both sides of the overlapping faces; and a sliding assisting member made of a low friction material for receiving a thrust force given in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction and for reducing abrasion caused by friction generated in the sliding direction, the sliding assisting member being arranged in a primary portion of one of the side walls and the groove portions.