Patent ID: 7623294

Claim:
A head-up display apparatus comprising: a display unit, to be installed in an opening in an instrument panel of a vehicle, outputting predetermined display light; a mirror for reflecting said display light toward a predetermined eye point; a mirror holder to be turned up/down, being mounted through a shaft on the instrument panel for receiving and holding the mirror; a holder top cover at a top portion of the mirror holder, extending toward the eye point when the mirror holder turns up; and a holder rear cover at a rear portion of the mirror holder, being continued to, and integrally formed with, the holder top cover so as to be placed at an opposite side of he eye point when the mirror holder is turned up, wherein the holder rear cover has a surface shape to become in a same outline as that of the instrument panel when the holder rear cover covers totally the opening provided at the instrument panel, and hides the holder top cover, when the mirror holder is turned down forwardly, and the holder rear cover is continued to the holder top cover with an acute angle, the holder rear cover alone covering the opening in the panel so as to hide the holder top cover when closed.