Patent ID: 7894738

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a main body; a display device including an image-display screen and pivotably provided on an outer surface of the main body so as to selectively take a closed posture in which the image-display screen is opposed to the main body and an open posture in which the image-display screen is visible; an operable portion which includes a plurality of operable buttons provided in the outer surface of the main body, and which is configured such that a first part of the plurality of operable buttons is disposed at a location where the first part of the plurality of operable buttons is covered by the display device in the closed posture and such that an input operation by the first part of the plurality of operable buttons is possible in relation to an image displayed on the image-display screen of the display device in the open posture; and a second display device, in addition to the display device as a first display device, including an image-display screen and pivotably provided on the outer surface of the main body so as to selectively take a closed posture in which the image-display screen is opposed to the main body and an open posture in which the image-display screen is visible, wherein the operable portion is configured such that a second part which is a different part of the plurality of operable buttons from the first part of the plurality of operable buttons is disposed at a location where the second part is covered by the second display device in the closed posture, and such that an input operation by the second part is possible in relation to an image displayed on the image-display screen of the second display device in the open posture.