Nokia Corporation

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Antti Tapio Rönkkö

Ilpo Kalevi Kauhaniemi

Jari Martti Suutari

Mika Juhani Grönroos

Pertti Ensio Savolainen

Aulis Juhani Perttula

A telephone apparatus includes a body part and a sleeve-like grip part mounted to the body part for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part and the grip part there is a spring for effecting the longitudinal slidable movement. A locking mechanism is provided for detachably locking the body part and the grip part into the retracted position. There is also a user-actuatable releasing actuator for releasing the locking mechanism. The releasing actuator is located within the grip part.

Telescopic structure for a telephone apparatus

A telephone apparatus comprises a body part () and a sleeve-like grip part () mounted to the body part () for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part () and the grip part () there is a spring () for effecting the longitudinal slidable movement. A locking mechanism () is provided for detachably locking the body part and the grip part into the retracted position. There is also a user-actuatable releasing actuator () for releasing the locking mechanism. The releasing actuator () is located within the grip part ().

A mobile communication device has a full function keyboard constructed in two positions wherein the first portion may be pivoted and the second portion may be moved linearly sideways between respective open and closed positions one in which the keyboard is hidden and the keypad of the device is exposed for normal use and a second in which a larger viewing area of the display screen is revealed and the two portions of the keyboard are positioned on opposite sides of the screen of the device.

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Espoo, Finland

Antti Tapio Rönkkö