Patent ID: 7024566

Claim:
An information terminal comprising: a case having a memory device accommodating section for accommodating a detachable memory device; a locking device fixed to said case and being changeable between a locked state and an unlocked state by a lock manipulation part, said locking device remaining fixed to said case in both said locked state and said unlocked state; a lid, movable between an open state and a closed state, for covering said memory device accommodating section and preventing removal of the detachable memory device from said memory device accommodating section when in the closed state; and an interlocking lock mechanism operably interlocked with said locking device for retaining said lid in said closed state when said locking device is in said locked state, and for allowing opening of said lid when said locking device is in said unlocked state; wherein said locking device comprises a cylinder lock having a rotatable shaft; and wherein said interlocking lock mechanism comprises an elongated coupling rod plate coupled to said rotatable shaft so as to be moved in a lengthwise direction of said coupling rod plate upon rotation of said rotatable shaft, an arresting shaft operably coupled with said lid locking mechanism and rotatable between an arresting position in which said lid locking mechanism is prevented from being unlocked manually and a non-arresting position, and a lever unit coupling said arresting shaft to said coupling rod plate such that said arresting shaft is rotated upon movement of said coupling rod plate in said lengthwise direction.