Patent ID: 8400761

Claim:
A portable terminal having a first casing, a second casing and a third casing overlapped in the order from the bottom toward the top, the portable terminal comprising: a slide section slidably coupling the first casing and the second casing; a first hinge section rotatably coupling the second casing and the third casing around a first rotation axis; and a second hinge section that enables the third casing to be rotatable relative to the second casing around a second rotation axis that is approximately perpendicular to the first rotation axis, wherein the first casing is provided with a first input key group that is switchable between a covered state and an exposed state with slide movement using the slide section, and wherein the second casing is provided with a second input key group that is switchable between a covered state and an exposed state with rotation movement using the first hinge section, and wherein the third casing is provided with a display screen.