Patent ID: 8140136

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: a first body; a second body; and a slide module slidably coupling the first body and the second body, the first body and the second body sliding with respect to each other via the slide module, wherein the slide module comprises: a first slide member; a second slide member configured to slide with respect to the first slide member between a first position and a second position; and a fixation unit configured to: position the first slide member and the second slide member stably at one of the first and second positions; and allow only a sliding movement between the first and the second positions in a vertical direction, inhibiting relative movement of the first and second slide members in directions other than the vertical direction, wherein the fixation unit comprises at least a first fixation unit or a second fixation unit, the first fixation unit being coupled to a portion of the first sliding member and configured to inhibit movement of the second sliding member in a first direction that substantially crosses with the vertical direction, and the second fixation unit being coupled to a portion of the second sliding member and configured to inhibit movement of the second sliding member in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.