Patent ID: 7392965

Claim:
A stand for an image display device, comprising: a base; a housing located on said base, said housing having an opening in a bottom portion thereof; a packing assembly for opening/closing said opening in said bottom portion of said housing; a piston located in said housing, said piston being movable up and down; a first elastic member for biasing said piston in one direction; a bracket connected to said piston; and an orientation adjusting device having a first portion fixedly secured to said bracket, and a second portion provided to a rear of an image display device, said orientation adjusting device permitting tilting of the image display device in a forward/backward direction about a substantially horizontal axis when an external force is applied thereto, wherein said piston forms a seal with an inner surface of said housing such that, when said packing assembly seals the opening of said housing, movement of said piston upward within said housing generates a vacuum inside said housing.