Patent ID: 8116834

Claim:
A slide type mobile terminal comprising: a first body comprising a display disposed on a front surface; a second body configured to have a key pad disposed on its front surface and slidably coupled to the first body; and a slide module configured to allow movement of the first body and the second body in order to enable a closed configuration or a tilted configuration of the mobile terminal, wherein the first body defines a first cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the second body; wherein the second body defines a second cavity configured to at least partly receive the first body in the closed configuration to cover at least part of the key pad, wherein the first body comprises a first front case and a first rear case, the first front and rear cases defining the first cavity therebetween and the first rear case defining an area for installing electronic components and a power supply unit, wherein the second body comprises a second front case having the key pad disposed therein and a second rear case at least partly covering a rear surface and side surfaces of the first rear case, the second front and rear cases defining the second cavity therebetween, wherein the slide module comprises a first slide member disposed at an inner side of each periphery edge of the first rear case and a second slide member disposed along each inner side of the second body to slidably engage the corresponding first slide member, and wherein either the first or second slide members has a curvature along at least one end such that the first body is tilted at a predetermined angle with respect to the second body when the first body is extended from the second body.