Device having a slider portion and a stand portion for titling a compact electronic apparatus

Claim 1

A compact apparatus comprising: a housing substantially in the form of a rectangular prism, having a bottom face constituting a mounting surface and a top face opposed to the bottom face; information input means on the top face of the housing; and tilting means at the rear portion of the housing for tilting the bottom face, said tilting means including: a guide passage formed in the housing, having an opening on the bottom face of the housing, and extending from the opening toward the top face of the housing; a slider having a first connecting portion and arranged in the guide passage, movable along the extending direction of the guide passage, between an up position where the first connecting portion is situated inside the guide passage and a down position where the first connecting portion is situated outside the guide passage; a plate-shaped stand having a second connecting portion pivotally connected to the first connecting portion and rockable around the second connecting portion, between a raised position where the stand extends along the extending direction of the guide passage and a housed position where the stand extends substantially parallel to the bottom face of the housing, when the slider is in the down position, said second connecting portion being adapted to be inserted into the guide passage, thereby keeping the stand in the raised position, when the slider is moved to the up position; and a receiving depression formed in the bottom face of the housing, communicating with the opening of the guide passage, and adapted to house the stand in the housed position.