Patent ID: 7419099

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: a first housing having a top exterior first surface; a swing plate coupled to an area of the first housing and rotatable about a rotation axis perpendicular to the top exterior first surface; at least one key button provided on a top swing surface of the swing plate; and a second housing having a top exterior second surface and a bottom exterior second surface, the second housing coupled to the swing plate and rotatable about a hinge axis which extends perpendicularly to the rotation axis, the second housing being rotatable about the rotation axis together with the swing plate and, at the same time, rotatable about the hinge axis in a direction towards or away from the first housing so that the at least one key button is exposed and protrudes from an end of the portable terminal when the second housing is folded onto the first housing with the top exterior second surface facing the top exterior first surface and the bottom exterior second surface facing outward from the portable terminal, and the at least one key button is covered by the second housing, when the second housing is folded onto the first housing with the bottom exterior second surface facing the top exterior first surface and the top exterior second surface facing outward from the portable terminal.