Patent ID: 7710237

Claim:
A sliding operating device comprising: a case including first and second case halves, each having an opening in one side thereof, combined together with the openings opposed to each other; a movement guide section accommodated within said case; a moving member accommodated within said case and slidingly movable along said movement guide section; and an operating section connected to said moving member, said operating section having a proximal end portion connected to said moving member, a free end portion projecting outwardly from an upper surface of said case, and a bent portion bent between the proximal end portion and the free end portion, wherein, in the upper surface area of said case, a top plate portion of the first case half and a top plate portion of the second case half are displaced from each other, in a direction vertical to the upper surface of said case, to form a gap permitting entry of said operating section, and at least edge regions of the top plate portion of said first case half and the top plate portion of said second case half overlap with each other in the direction vertical to the upper surface of said case, and the bent portion of said operating section is bent so that the free end portion projects outwardly through the gap in overlapping edge regions of the top plate portions of said first case half and said second case half.