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A mobile telephone battery cover locking mechanism includes at least one latching member and at least one spring loaded locking member adapted to securely engage the latching member at one end when the latching member is fully inserted in at least one spacing provided at that end. The latching membe

A mobile telephone battery cover locking mechanism includes at least one latching member and at least one spring loaded locking member adapted to securely engage the latching member at one end when the latching member is fully inserted in at least one spacing provided at that end. The latching member forces the spring loaded locking member to move against its spring bias when the latching member is being inserted in the spacing with the spring loaded locking member having moved under its spring bias when the latching member is fully inserted in the spacing. The spring loaded locking member may be moved against its spring bias to allow the fully inserted latching member to disengage from the spring loaded locking member.

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What is claimed is: 1. A locking mechanism, comprising: a latching member formed at a battery cover; and a locking member movably mounted at a body and having a first locking leg for locking the latching member and a second locking leg, wherein the second locking leg pushes the battery cover in a d

What is claimed is: 1. A locking mechanism, comprising: a latching member formed at a battery cover; and a locking member movably mounted at a body and having a first locking leg for locking the latching member and a second locking leg, wherein the second locking leg pushes the battery cover in a direction planar to a direction of movement of the second locking leg when the locking member is operated in an unlocking direction, wherein the direction of movement of the battery cover intersects the direction of movement of the second locking leg on a plane parallel to a main surface of the battery cover. 2. The locking mechanism of claim 1, wherein the locking member is mounted at the body to be linearly movable in a width direction, and has a spring for restoring the locking member to an original state. 3. The locking mechanism of claim 1, wherein the locking member is constructed as one pair facing each other in a width direction of the body, and a spring is arranged between the pair of locking members. 4. The locking mechanism of claim 1, wherein the latching member has a portion locked by the first locking leg at one side thereof, and has an inclination surface contacting the second locking leg and slide-movable at another side thereof 5. The locking mechanism of claim 4, wherein the second locking leg has an inner surface having an inclination surface same as an inclination surface of another side of the latching member. 6. A mobile communication terminal, comprising: a terminal body; a battery cover detachably mounted at the terminal body and to which a battery is mounted; and a locking mechanism formed between the terminal body and the battery cover for locking the battery cover to the terminal body, in which the locking mechanism comprises: a latching member formed at the battery cover; and a locking member movably mounted at the terminal body and having a first locking leg for locking the latching member and a second locking leg, wherein the second locking leg pushes the battery cover in a direction planar to a direction of movement of the second locking leg when the locking member is operated in an unlocking direction, wherein the direction of movement of the battery cover intersects the direction of movement of the second locking leg on a plane parallel to a main surface of the battery cover. 7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the locking member is mounted at the body to be linearly movable in a width direction, and has a spring for restoring the locking member to an original state. 8. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the locking member is constructed as one pair facing each other in a width direction of the body, and a spring is arranged between the pair of locking members. 9. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the latching member has a portion locked by the first locking leg at one side thereof, and has an inclination surface contacting the second locking leg and slide-movable at another side thereof. 10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the second locking leg has an inner surface having an inclination surface same as an inclination surface of another side of the latching member. 11. A locking mechanism, comprising: at least one latching member formed at a battery cover; at least one locking member mounted at a body to be reciprocatingly-movable in a width direction of the body, for disengaging said at least one latching member in a longitudinal direction of the body at the time of being pressed in a width direction of the body, wherein the longitudinal direction of disengagement of the at least one latching member is planar to the direction of movement of the at least one locking member; and a spring arranged between said at least one locking member and the body, for providing an elastic force to engage the locking member to said at least one latching member, wherein the longitudinal direction of disengagement of the at least one latching member intersects the direction of movement of the at least one locking member on a plane parallel to a main surface of the battery cover. 12. The locking mechanism of claim 11, wherein the latching member is formed at an upper end of the hook-shaped battery cover as one pair. 13. The locking mechanism of claim 11, wherein the locking member is linear-movably mounted at a groove formed at a rear surface of the body in a width direction as one pair. 14. The locking mechanism of claim 13, wherein a support member is formed in the middle of the groove, and the spring is arranged between the support member and the locking member. 15. The locking mechanism of claim 11, wherein the locking member comprises a knob adjusted by a user, and a locking leg engaged to the latching member. 16. The locking mechanism of claim 11, wherein the body is a mobile communication terminal. 17. A locking mechanism comprising: at least one latching member formed at a cover of a battery; a locking member movably mounted at a main body and having a first locking leg, the first locking leg adapted to engage the at least one latching member to lock the cover of the battery to the main body or release the cover of the battery from the main body; and a first elastic member coupled between the first locking leg and at least one support member, the elastic member being biased toward the first locking leg, wherein the first locking leg and the at least one latching member are formed in such a manner to push the cover of the battery away from the main body in a releasing direction when the first locking leg disengages the at least one latching member, wherein the cover of the battery is pushed in a direction planar to a direction of movement of the first locking leg when the first locking leg disengages the at least one latching member, wherein the direction of movement of the cover of the battery intersects the direction of movement of the first locking leg on a plane parallel to a main surface of the cover of the battery. 18. The locking mechanism of claim 17, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a second locking leg and a second elastic member, the second elastic member coupled between the second locking leg and the at least one support member and being biased toward the second locking leg. 19. The locking mechanism of claim 18, wherein at least one of the first and second locking legs has an inner surface that is inclined at a certain angle so as to substantially match a curvature of a corresponding outer surface of the at least one latching member. 20. The locking mechanism of claim 19, wherein the first and second locking legs linearly move closer to each other in a width direction of the cover of the battery against the bias of the at least one of the first and second elastic members to allow disengagement of the at least one latching member when an external force is applied to the locking member. 21. The locking mechanism of claim 17, wherein the main body is a mobile communication terminal. 22. The locking mechanism of claim 20, wherein the locking member comprises a user grip knob disposed at no less than one of the first and second locking legs to allow a user to linearly move the first and second locking legs closer to each other against the bias of the at least one of the first and second elastic members to disengage the cover of the battery from the main body in the releasing direction. 23. The locking mechanism of claim 20, wherein the locking member comprises a pair of opposed rack gears with each rack gear extending from each of the first and second locking legs, and a pinion gear rotatably engaged to mesh with the rack gears to allow the first and second locking legs to linearly move with respect to each other in the width direction to disengage the cover of the battery from the main body in the releasing direction.