Patent ID: 7660106
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: E05D,E05F,E05Y,F16M,G06F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A display device, comprising: a display body having a display surface which displays information, at one surface side, the display body being attached to a main body; a supporting mechanism including a supporting axis provided to a lower portion of the display body and a hollow cylinder provided to the main body to support the supporting axis rotatably inside the hollow cylinder, wherein the supporting mechanism supports the display body to be movable between a vertical position at which the display surface is vertical and an inclined position at which the display surface is inclined; a pressing mechanism comprising a torsion spring which surrounds the hollow cylinder, wherein a first end of the torsion spring is supported on the main body and the torsion spring stores repulsive force by being pressed at a second end thereof by the display body as the display body moves from the vertical position to the inclined position, and wherein the torsion spring presses the display body in a direction from the inclined position to the vertical position due to the repulsive force; and a position holding mechanism comprising a first contact member provided in the hollow cylinder on the supporting axis and a second contact member provided in the hollow cylinder for pressing the first contact member in an axis direction of the supporting axis, wherein the position holding mechanism holds the display body at an optional position, of the vertical position and the inclined position, by contact friction generated between the first contact member and the second contact member due to the pressing by the second contact member to the first contact member.