| US 7,532,916 B2 | ||
| Slide-type portable terminal using flexible material | ||
| Chang-Soo Lee, Incheon (Korea, Republic of); In-Gon Park, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Won Lee, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/496,816. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0071970 (KR), filed on Aug. 05, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0032105 A1, Feb. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—575.4 [455/90.3; 455/575.1; 455/575.3; 379/433.13] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A portable terminal comprising:
an upper portion;
a lower portion; and
a flexible portion integrally connecting the upper and lower portions,
wherein the portable terminal is of a slide-type in which after the upper portion is bent about the flexible portion, the
upper portion is slid in a lengthwise direction of the lower portion to open or close a predetermined area of the lower portion.
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