To provide a novel opening/closing structure for a flip provided to a portable
phone, which is superior in evaluation on the market, a flip (3) that is
rotatable in an opening direction from a condition where a phone operating portion
(2) provided on a surface of a portable phone body (1) is covered
by the flip to the condition where the phone operating portion (2) is exposed
is provided at a predetermined position on the surface of the portable phone body
(1). A biasing mechanism is provided with a closing biasing force to bias
the flip (3) in a closing direction in a closed side position from a predetermined
position B in the case where the flip (3) kept under the condition where
the phone operating portion (2) is covered is rotated through a predetermined
distance when the flip (3) is kept slanted to the surface of the portable
phone body (1) and an opening biasing force to bias the flip (3)
in an opening direction in an opened side position from the predetermined position
B is provided in a hinge portion (4) between the flip (3) and the
portable phone body (1).