Cover latch mechanism and portable electronic device using same

Abstract

A cover latching mechanism (100) used in a portable electronic device is described including a latching base (20), a cover member (10), and a latching member (30). The cover member has a latching protrusion (14) arranged thereon. The latching member is used to latch the cover member to the latching base and defines a latch space (338) and a release space (337). The cover member can be latched to the latching base by a movement of the latching protrusion from the release space into the latch space, and then be released from the latching base by an opposite movement of the latching protrusion from the latch space into the release space, the two movements being caused by pushing or pulling the cover member along the latching base.

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