Patent ID: 8024019

Claim:
A sliding-type portable information terminal comprising: a flat first casing; a flat second casing which is overlapped on the first casing; a sliding mechanism to maintain a portable state of said first casing and said second casing overlapped together; and a turning mechanism to change from said portable state to a usable state via a sliding state whereby said first casing and said second casing mutually slide; said sliding mechanism formed with a first sliding mechanism having a sliding groove formed in the sliding direction in the first casing, a sliding supporting member formed to slide within the sliding groove without disengaging from the sliding groove, and a first fixing member to axially support an inverse sliding groove side on the sliding supporting member with the second casing; and a second sliding mechanism having a wide sliding groove formed on the first casing side of the second casing; and a casing turning member to slide within the wide sliding groove; said turning mechanism having said casing turning member, a first turning control member to axially support the inverse sliding wide groove side of the casing turning member with the first casing, and a second turning control member which is on the opposite side from said first turning control member on the casing turning member and which axially supports the second casing side so as to be turnable; wherein the first turning control member and the second turning control member have a turning angle control mechanism wherein turning is stopped at a angle formed by the face on the opposite side of the face of the second casing side of the first casing and the first casing side of the second casing forming a single face when the portable information terminal is in a usable state.