Patent ID: 8727530

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having a bottom face, the bottom face opposing a surface on which the image forming apparatus rests; a cover member being flexible, having a bottom opening, and dimensioned and having a cover position shape to cover the entire main body except for the bottom face of the image forming apparatus; and a support member pivotably supported on the main body, the support member having base end portions supported on the main body, and a front end portion to support a portion of the cover member, wherein a pivotal movement of the support member pivotably supported on the main body causes the flexible cover member to displace and deform the cover member from the cover position shape to a retracted position shape that is different than the cover position shape, and a bottom end portion of a front side of the cover member moves upward to expose a portion of the image forming apparatus to be accessed by a user operating the image forming apparatus.