Patent ID: 8002223

Claim:
A display support mechanism comprising: a support shaft made of a plate; a display screen side support member, having a first hole receiving said support shaft made of a plate, provided on a side of a display screen; and a base side support member, having a second hole receiving said support shaft made of a plate, provided on a side of a base; a spring member for pressing said display screen side support member and said base side support member to be rotatable about said support shaft made of a plate serving as an axis of rotation, the spring member including a plate spring; and a stop member for inhibiting said support shaft made of a plate from coming off said display screen side support member and said base side support member through the pressing force of said spring member, wherein at least either said first hole or said second hole receiving said support shaft made of a plate is provided in the form of a sector while said display screen side support member is rotatable about said support shaft made of a plate serving as an axis of rotation in the angular range from a position that said support shaft made of a plate comes into contact with a first end surface of said sector to a position that said support shaft made of a plate comes into contact with a second end surface of said sector.