Patent ID: 7463482

Claim:
An electronic appliance, comprising: a base defining a receiving opening, the base forming a guide board in an interior thereof; a cover pivoted to the base, the cover defining a clasping opening aligned with the receiving opening; and a locking mechanism slideably secured to the base next to the guide board for locking the cover to the base, the locking mechanism comprising: a locking hook including a hook body, a claw for clasping the cover, and a shaft for defining a rotating axis of the locking hook, the claw and the shaft extending from two distal ends of the hook body; a torsion spring sleeved on the shaft of the locking hook for applying a torsional force onto the locking hook and making the locking hook protrude from the receiving opening; an operating button being pushable along a pushing direction perpendicular to the rotating axis of the locking hook; and a housing rotatably securing the locking hook thereon and engaged with the operating button, the housing being moveable together with the operating button and remaining at a first state in which the locking hook is held in the base under cooperative action of the torsion spring and the guide board and a second state in which the locking hook protrudes from the receiving opening to clasp the cover via the clasping opening.