Sony Corporation

Hitoshi Isoda

Yoshio Ogawa

Toshio Arai

Kouzou Takahashi

A portable electronic device, such as a portable sound reproducing device, a portable sound recording/reproducing device, a portable radio receiver or a portable video tape recorder, comprising a case containing an electronic circuit assembly and having a front panel, a plurality of operating buttons for operating control switches for controlling the electronic circuit assembly, supported on the front panel is provided with a sliding cover assembly slidably provided on the front panel and capable of being shifted between a first position to cover the operating buttons and a second position to expose the operating buttons. The sliding cover assembly is retained at the first position by a retaining mechanism to prevent the accidental operation of the operating buttons.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hitoshi Isoda