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Sliding/swing-type portable digital communication apparatus

  • US 7,269,450 B2
  • Filed: 08/31/2004
  • Issued: 09/11/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A sliding/swing-type portable digital communication apparatus comprising:

  • a main housing having a speaker unit positioned on a rear surface of the main housing;

    two key housings, each of which is positioned on a side of the main housing, and being slidable on a slide plane a first predetermined distance and a second predetermined distance toward or away from the main housing along a longitudinal direction of the main housing; and

    a swing housing which is hinged to the main housing, rotatable within a predetermined angle about a hinge axis perpendicular to the slide plane, and continuously facing an upper surface of the main housing and upper surfaces of the key housings;

    wherein, for increasingly exposing predetermined areas of the key housings, the key housings and the swing housing move with respect to the main housing in three sequential phases including firstly a first sliding of at least one of the key housings over the first predetermined distance, secondly a rotation of the swing housing over the predetermined angle, and thirdly a second sliding of at least one of the key housings over the second predetermined distance.

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