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7,245,481 Title:

Display apparatus

A low-cost display apparatus whose display section can have its angle and height adjusted easily through a stand of a simple structure is provided. The stand of the display apparatus includes first and second arms that form a V shape. The first arm is attached to the display section through a hinge. By having the second arm extend to the front and the back underneath the display section so that the second arm is laid on a surface, the display section is supported in a first supported state at a distance from this surface. By having the second arm extend downward diagonally from the tip of the first arm so that the tip of the second arm and the lower end of the display section stand on a surface, the display section is supported in a second supported state where the display section is in contact with this surface.

The invention claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising: a display section formed in the shape of a thin flat panel; and a stand section for supporting said display section on a surface,wherein said stand section includes a first arm section and a second arm section that are fixedly connected at their ends so as to form a V shape, a tip of said first arm section is attached to a back side of said display section through a hinge sectionso as to be rotatable in the forward and backward directions, and said stand section is operable to achieving a first supported state in which, by having said first arm section extend downward diagonally from said hinge section, and said second armsection extend to the front and the back underneath said display section so that said second arm section is laid on said surface, said display section is supported at a distance from said surface, and a second supported state in which, by having saidfirst arm section extend upward diagonally from said hinge section, and said second arm section extend downward diagonally from an end section of said first arm section so that a tip section of said second arm section and a lower end section of saiddisplay section stand on said surface, said display section is supported in a state where it is in contact with said surface.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said hinge section is provided at the lower end section of the back side of said display section.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display section further comprises a recess section in which part of said first arm section is accommodated in said second supported state.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first arm section and said second arm section are so provided as to be separable.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in said first supported state, the back side of said second arm section on the side opposite the side facing said first arm section is laid on said surface through point contact by contactsections at a plurality of positions.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein at least one of said contact sections at a plurality of positions is made of a friction material.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said first arm section and said second arm section are connected separably through screws screwed into said first arm section from insertion holes formed in the back side of said second armsection on the side opposite the side tat faces said first arm section, a cap is provided on each of the insertion holes formed on the back side of said second arm section, and said caps are formed of a friction material having a large frictioncoefficient.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in said second supported state, said tip section of said second arm section and said lower end section of said display section stand on said surface through point contact by contactsections at a plurality of positions.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein at least one of said contact sections at a plurality of positions is made of a friction material.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a plurality of protrusion pieces formed of a friction material are provided on a lower edge section of said display section, and said protrusion pieces serve as said contact sections.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a flange section extending in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the direction in which said second arm section extends is provided on a tip of said second arm section, afront edge of said flange section has an arc shape in which both ends project forward, and in said second supported state, a plurality of points on said lower end section of said display section, and both side sections of said front edge of said flangesection point contact said surface so as to stand on said surface.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a space formed between said first arm section and said second arm section serves as a keyboard housing section in which a keyboard apparatus can be housed and placed in said firstsupported state.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1, said first arm section and said second arm section are of a flat plate shape.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said hinge section includes a friction mechanism for applying a frictional force in response to a rotational movement between said display section and said first arm section.