Patent ID: 6502795
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
A display apparatus comprising:display means; housing means for housing the display means; supporting means for detachably engaging the housing means and the display means and for rotatably engaging the display means and the housing means; and disengaging means for disengaging the engagement between the display means and the housing means, wherein the supporting means includes a supporting portion and a supported portion, and wherein the display means and the housing means are engaged with each other when the supporting portion and the supported portion are engaged with each other, and wherein the disengaging means rectilinearly moves the supporting portion in the direction in which the supporting portion comes away from the supported portion to thereby disengage the engagement between the display means and the housing means, and wherein the disengaging means includes one of, a disengaging switch to be operated and a disengaging portion for rectilinearly moving the supporting portion away from the supported portion in unison with the disengaging switch when the disengaging switch is operated, wherein the disengaging means moves the supporting portion away from the supported portion rectilinearly, and a slide switch to be operated and a slide bar for rectilinearly moving the supporting portion away from the supported portion in unison with the slide switch, wherein when the slide switch is operated the disengaging means rectilinearly moves the supporting portion away from the supported portion.