Patent ID: 8025994

Claim:
An electronic appliance comprising a battery mounting portion on which two types of batteries are selectively mounted, wherein the battery mounting portion has: a battery mounting recessed portion; an appliance side connecting terminal that is provided at different places in the battery mounting recessed portion and attached to or detached from a battery side connecting terminal of the battery; two engaging members that are provided at places different from the individual appliance side connecting terminals in the battery mounting recessed portion and separately come in and go out of the battery mounting recessed portion; an urging member that individually urges the two engaging members in a direction to protrude into the battery mounting recessed portion; and a single manipulating member that retracts the two engaging members from the inside of the battery mounting recessed portion to the outside of the battery mounting recessed portion, in a state in which the battery side connecting terminal of one battery of two types of the batteries is attached to one of the two appliance side connecting terminals, one engaging member of the two engaging members is engaged with the one battery to prevent the one battery from moving in a direction in which the battery side connecting terminal is detached from the one appliance side connecting terminal, and in a state in which the battery side connecting terminal of the other battery of two types of the batteries is attached to the other of the two appliance side connecting terminals, the other engaging member of the two engaging members is engaged with the other battery to prevent the other battery from moving in a direction in which the battery side connecting terminal is detached from the other appliance side connecting terminal.