Patent ID: 7019237

Claim:
A supporting device for supporting control buttons of electronic instruments, the control button operatively vertically pressing a tact switch provided on a board installed in a body of the electronic instruments, the supporting device comprising: a front panel attached to the body and having a through-hole; a control button including a button rib, a knob and a press portion, the button rib having an end fixed to the front panel a deformable resilient part disposed at a substantially middle portion and a swing part at the other end to be moved about the resilient part, the knob forward protruding out from the swing part through the through-hole, and the press portion rearward protruding from the swing part to selectively press the tact switch; a supporting rib having a predetermined height provided at a back face of the front panel so as to support the fixed end part of the button rib; and a contact rib having a predetermined height provided between the through-hole and the supporting rib at the back face of the front panel so as to contact and support the button rib.