Patent ID: 8452354

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a first body having a width and a length greater than the width, and having an exposed portion protruding from one longitudinal end of the first body and extending in a widthwise direction of the first body; a second body slidably connected to the first body and moveable between a first position and a second position; and a slide module configured to connect the first body to the second body, and configured to guide the second body along a predetermined curved path between the first position and the second position such that the second body moves in the widthwise direction with moving in a lengthwise direction of the first body, wherein the slide module includes: a guide slot located at one of the first and second bodies, and formed in a curved shape to define a curved route so as to guide the second body along the curved path; a guide frame mounted at the other of the first and second bodies; and a guide protrusion located on the guide frame and inserted into the guide slot to be moveable along the curved route, and wherein a central portion of the guide slot is formed closer to the exposed portion than both end portions of the guide slot and the guide frame is disposed to be adjacent to one side of said other of the first and second bodies such that the second body, sliding in a widthwise direction of the exposed portion, moves far from the exposed portion and then moves close to the exposed portion when moving from the first position to the second position.