US 7,499,284 B2
Hand-held game machine and cover
Naoya Kawanobe, Kyoto (Japan); and Tomoyuki Sakiyama, Kyoto (Japan)
Assigned to Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/368,680.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-143099 (JP), filed on May 16, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0258464 A1, Nov. 16, 2006
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 361—752  [361/800; 361/797] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand-held game machine, comprising:
a housing which has a horizontally-long shape, and has, on a front surface, an opening portion, said front surface having upper and lower peripheral edges which are curved so as to become higher at a center in a horizontal direction and become lower toward the right and left end portions when viewed respectively from upper and lower side surfaces;
a display which is provided at a center portion inside said opening portion of said housing and at a position lower than the upper and lower peripheral edges of said front surface when viewed respectively from the upper and lower side surfaces;
an operating mechanism which includes a keytop provided at a position higher than the upper and lower peripheral edges of said front surface when viewed respectively from the upper and lower side surfaces in a right and left portions inside said opening portion of said housing; and
a separate cover which is attached onto said housing so as to cover said opening portion in a manner such that its upper and lower edges are along the upper and lower peripheral edges of said front surface, wherein
said cover includes
a transparent window formed at a position corresponding to a position of said display, and
an opening which is formed at a position corresponding to a position of said operating mechanism so as to expose said operating mechanism therethrough.