Patent ID: 7187957

Claim:
A portable terminal device comprising: a first member in a plane having a keyboard operation portion; a coupling member connected to said first member so as to be movable in said plane; a second member pivotally attached to said coupling member and movable into a pivotally supporting position to allow a side face and/or rear face of said second member to be directed forward relative to said coupling member, said second member having a display portion on a front face and a lens portion of a camera on the side face and/or rear face; and a rotating means with a friction mechanism for rotatably attaching said second member to said coupling member so as to be frictionally rotatable relative to the coupling member, wherein said pivotally supporting position of said second member is a position that said second member can rotate through said rotating means relative to said coupling member about a pivot axis parallel to said plane, and after said coupling member moves said second member in said plane relative to said first member to said pivotally supporting position, said first member and said second member lie along a straight line.