Lid mechanism for electronic equipment or the like

A telephone electronic apparatus comprising:

• a casing including a cell housing at a corner thereof, and an aperture communicating with said housing, said casing further including a linear guide and stop means on an inner surface of said casing;
• a lid for closing said aperture;
• means for holding said lid in a closed position wherein the lid closes said aperture and wherein a surface of the lid is substantially flush with a corresponding surface of the casing, said holding means having an engagement portion provided on one of said lid and said casing, and a mating engagement portion provided on the other of said casing and said lid, respectively;
• and
• a slide member concealingly enclosed within said casing and rotatably supporting said lid, said slide member having a first end and second end, said slide member being slidably supported by said linear guide so as to be slidable between a first fully retracted position wherein said slide member engages a first stop member of said stop means and a second fully extended position wherein said slide member engages a second stop member of said stop means;
• wherein
• said lid is pivotally connected to the second end of said slide member and is moved, in response to said slide member moving from the first fully retracted position to the second fully extended position, from the closed position in which the lid closes the aperture and wherein the engagement portion and the mating engagement portion are engaged with each other, to a second protruded position in which said lid is protruded from an end face of said casing in a manner wherein the surface of said lid remains substantially aligned with the corresponding surface of the casing, said lid being rotatable from the second protruded position to an open position in which said lid is substantially perpendicular to the casing surface and wherein the aperture is uncovered to enable a cell to be inserted into the housing.

A telephone device comprising

• a casing having an aperture;
• a lid;
• and
• a mechanism interconnecting said casing and said lid, said mechanism comprising:
• a slider member which is concealingly disposed within said casing, said slider being adapted to slide along a guide structure formed on an inner surface of said casing, between a fully retracted position and a fully extended position, said slider having an end portion which is arranged to extend through guide opening formed in said casing when said slider is in the extended position;
• pivotal connection means interconnecting said lid and the end portion of said slider;
• first catch means for preventing said lid from moving with said slider in a predetermined linear direction, said first catch means engaging the lid when said slider is in the fully retracted position;
• and
• second catch means for preventing said lid from rotating about the pivotal connection between said lid and said slider, said second catch means engaging the lid when said slider is in the fully retracted position.