Patent ID: 8085529

Claim:
A button structure for a portable electronic device, comprising: a button including a plate portion and an extending arm extending from an end of the plate portion, the button being bendable elastically corresponding to the movement of the extending arm and having a resisting block formed; a latching member including a plate body and a branch, the plate body defining a guiding slot, the branch having an end connecting with the plate body, the other end of the branch being bendable elastically corresponding to the movement of the plate body and having a wedge formed, the wedge for latching with a housing of an electronic device; a convex positioned between the plate portion and the branch; wherein a distal end of the extending arm is secured to the plate body, the resisting block passes through the guiding slot, and when the button is pressed, the resisting block moves together with the button, the convex is pushed by the button, and resists against the branch, to urge the wedge removing from the housing of an electronic device.