Patent attributes
A portable electronic device (100) includes a housing (10), a cover (20) and a latch (30). The housing has a latch receiving portion (150) defined at one end thereof. The battery cover has a button hole (222) therein and includes at least one tab (224). The latch is fixed in the housing. The latch includes a button member (40) and an elastic member (50). The button member resists/biases the elastic member. The button member is received in the button hole of the battery cover and the latch receiving portion of the housing. The tab engages with the latch receiving portion. The elastic member has at least one clasp (56), which locks with a corresponding tab of the battery cover to the housing. When the elastic member is pressed by the button member, the clasp releases the tab. This release provides a user with convenient disassembly mechanism for the device.