Patent ID: 7472880

Claim:
A display device comprising: a main display component having a forward-facing display screen; and a stand unit being attached to the main display component and having a main stand component that is capable of opening and closing around a lateral shaft between a working orientation, in which the main stand component is pulled out diagonally downward from the main display component so as to support from the rear the main display component which is placed in a tilted orientation on a placement surface, and a storage orientation, in which the main stand component is stored flush with the back of the main display component, and an attachment base for attaching the main stand component to the main display component; wherein the main stand component has a case openably and closeably attached to the base via the lateral shaft, a leg that extends downward from the case, and a locking mechanism being capable of switching between a locked state in which the main stand component is maintained in the working orientation and an unlocked state in which the locked state is released and the main stand component is permitted to open and close between the working orientation and the storage orientation; and the locking mechanism includes a latching face formed by the inner face of a recess provided to the side face of the case; an engagement body that is slidably attached to the case and is capable of extension and retraction between a locked position in which the engagement body is engaged with the latching face when the main stand component is open to the working orientation, and thereby maintains the main stand component in the working orientation, and an unlocked position in which the engagement body is retracted from the locked position so that the main stand component is permitted to open and close between the working orientation and the storage orientation; a spring that is interposed between the engagement body and the base and that constantly elastically biases the engagement body toward the locked position; a receiving face that is provided to the side face of the case and that hits the engagement body when the main stand component is closed to the storage orientation, and thereby prevents the engagement body from protruding to the locked position; and a control tab that is integrally provided to the engagement body, for retracting the engagement body from the locked position to the unlocked position.