Portable computer having improved latch mechanism

A combination comprising:

• a cover unit;
• a latch member received in the cover unit, and a driving member slidably attached to the cover unit along a first direction and moving the latch member sliding along an second direction angled the first direction, the latch member comprising at least one hook protruding outward from the cover unit;
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• a base unit defining at least one aperture corresponding to said hook, said hook entering said aperture and latching the base unit to attach the cover unit to the base unit, and the driving member being rotated to drive the latch member thereby unlatching said hook from the base unit.

An electronic device comprising:

• a base unit enclosing a part of said electronic device;
• a cover unit enclosing another part of said electronic device and movable between a first position thereof to abut against a side of said base unit and a second position thereof to expose said side of said base unit by moving away therefrom;
• a latch member movably attachable to one of said base unit and said cover unit, said latch member movable along a first direction to engage with the other of said base unit and said cover unit in order for securing said cover unit to said base unit in said first position thereof, and along a reverse direction of said first direction to disengage from said other of said base unit and said cover unit in order for releasing said cover unit;
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• a driving member movably attachable to said one of said base unit and said cover unit beside said latch member and controllably reachable to said latch member, linear movement of said driving member along a second direction different from said first direction in a same predefined plane capable of urging movement of said latch member along a selective one of said first direction and said reverse direction thereof.