Portable telephone having a biased rotatable cover

A portable telephone comprising:

• a body having a width and including a speaker, a microphone and switch means;
• a cover rotatably mounted at one end to said body to be moveable between open and closed conditions, said cover having a top cover and a pair of opposed side covers extending generally perpendicular to said top cover, said opposed side covers and said top cover forming a shallow hollow portion in an inside face of said cover, said hollow portion covering part of said switch means when said cover is in the closed condition, said cover having a width which is generally equal to or smaller than the width of said body;
• a pair of opposed gripping projections respectively extending laterally outwardly from said side covers, at a position away from said rotatably mounted ends, for facilitating movement of said cover between the open and closed conditions;
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• cover holding means for rotatably holding said cover with respect to said body, said cover holding means including biasing means for exerting a biasing force to said cover so as to resiliently maintain said cover at a stable position in a rotational direction when said cover is in the open condition and to press said cover to said body when said cover is in a closed condition, said cover being inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to said body when said cover is in said stable position;
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• wherein said microphone is provided in said body at a position adjacent said cover holding means and said cover functions as a voice reflecting and collecting board for said microphone when said cover is in said open condition.