Patent ID: 8262048

Claim:
A display support comprising: a display cover comprising a display cover surface and at least one guide groove formed therein; a display pivotally mounted by at least one support portion on the display cover and configured to pivot between a first display position and a second display position; and an input key disposed on the display cover surface and covered by the display when the display is in the first display position; wherein a back surface of the display, opposite to a display surface, faces the input key when the display is in the first display position, wherein the at least one guide groove is configured to guide the at least one support portion from a first location to a second location as the display pivots from the first display position to the second display position, such that the display uncovers the input key when the at least one support portion is at the second location, wherein the input key is disposed below the at least one guide groove, wherein, when the display pivots from the first display position to the second display position, a base end of the display moves from a first base end position to a second base end position, and a free end of the display moves from a first free end position to a second free end position, and wherein the display and the at least one guide groove are configured such that the second base end position, the second free end position, and the input key are positioned between the first base end position and the first free end position in a predetermined direction which is parallel to the display surface of the display when the display is in the first display position and is inclined to the display surface of the display when the display is in the second display position, and such that the second base end position is closer to the input key than the second free end position in the predetermined direction, a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction being parallel to the display surface of the display both when the display is in the first display position and when the display is in the second display position.