Patent ID: 7690620

Claim:
A stand for a display device, comprising: an elastic member configured to be fixed at one end thereof to a rear surface of the display device; a guide rail disposed vertically on the rear surface of the display device; a base supported on a supporting surface; a supporting unit extending upward from the base; a guide unit, connected to the supporting unit and contacting another end of the elastic member, for contracting and expanding the elastic member while a height of the display device is adjusted, wherein the guide unit is guided by the guide rail in a vertical direction that corresponds to an extending direction of the guide rail, wherein the guide unit comprises: a guide body; an inclined surface protruding from a side of the guide body with a predetermined slant and disposed between the guide rail and a rear surface of the display device; and wherein the guide rail comprises a guide surface configured to contact the inclined surface of the guide unit, the guide rail supporting the guide surface with respect to the rear surface of the display device to restrict motion of the guide unit in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the guide rail.