Patent ID: 8322702

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: a main body including an opening; a first tray disposed within the opening and configured to accommodate a recording medium; a first conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium from the first tray; a recording unit configured to record an image on the recording medium conveyed by the first conveying unit; and a second tray provided in the main body and disposed above the first tray in the opening, the second tray including a support surface configured to support the recording medium on which the image is formed by the recording unit; a second conveying unit configured to convey, to the second tray, the recording medium on which the image is formed by the recording unit, wherein the second tray is configured to selectively take a first posture in which the second tray is disposed in the opening and a second posture in which the second tray is projected from the opening, the support surface of the second tray in the second posture being located closer to the first tray than the support surface of the second tray in the first posture, and wherein the second tray is configured to receive thereon the recording medium conveyed by the second conveying unit when the second tray is in the first and second posture.