Patent ID: 8374336

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: an operating portion-side housing, provided with an operating portion, having an operating portion-side guide portion; an L-shaped operating key portion arranged on said operating portion-side housing; a display portion-side housing, provided with a display portion, having a display portion-side guide portion; a sliding plate arranged between said display portion-side housing and said operating portion-side housing and arranged so as to cover said L-shaped operating key portion for relatively slidingly moving said display portion-side housing with respect to said operating portion-side housing in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with said first direction; a first sliding member arranged between said operating portion-side guide portion of said operating portion-side housing and said sliding plate; and a second sliding member arranged between said display portion-side guide portion of said display portion-side housing and said sliding plate, wherein said operating portion-side guide portion of said operating portion-side housing is engaged with said sliding plate through said first sliding member, and said display portion-side guide portion of said display portion-side housing is engaged with said sliding plate through said second sliding member, said L-shaped operating key portion includes a first operating key and a second operating key, said first operating key is exposed on the upper surface of said operating portion-side housing so as to become operable such that said sliding plate is slidingly moved through said first sliding member in said first direction toward a position where said first operating key is not covered with said sliding plate when said display portion-side housing is slidingly moved in said first direction, and said second operating key is exposed on the upper surface of said operating portion-side housing so as to become operable such that said sliding plate is not slidingly moved but said display portion-side housing is slidingly moved through said second sliding member in said second direction toward a position where said second operating key is not covered with said display portion-side housing when said display portion-side housing is slidingly moved in said second direction.