Patent ID: 7237755
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: F16M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus that includes a display body displaying a picture, a stand supporting the display body, and a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly comprising: a tilting hinge, provided between the display body and the stand to tilt the display body relative to the stand; a pivoting hinge, provided between the display body and the tilting hinge to pivot the display body relative to the stand, wherein the pivoting hinge comprises: a pivoting bracket, engaged to the display body, and a pivoting support bracket, that rotationally engages the pivoting bracket, and engages the tilting hinge; a swiveling hinge, provided between the tilting hinge and the stand to swivel the display body relative to the stand; and a body bracket detachably engaged to a rear of the display body, and engaged with the pivoting bracket, wherein: the pivoting hinge further comprises a pivoting shaft, that projects from the pivoting bracket toward the pivoting support bracket; the pivoting support bracket comprises a pivoting shaft accommodating part, into which the pivoting shaft is inserted; the pivoting hinge further comprises a first snap ring engaged to an end part of the pivoting shaft; and the end part of the pivoting shaft comprises a taper part, wherein the first snap ring engages the pivoting shaft at the taper part, and the first snap ring bears on the pivoting support bracket and forces the pivoting support bracket toward the pivoting bracket with a force that is proportional to a taper of the part.