Patent ID: 7869203

Claim:
A display screen turning apparatus comprising: a rotating member mounted with a display screen and rotatable in a horizontal plane; a base, rotatably holding said rotating member, provided with an upright portion having a hole; a platelike spring of metal fitted onto said upright portion of said base for pressing said rotating member; and a stop member inserted into said hole of said upright portion of said base for pressing said platelike spring and holding said platelike spring in a deflected state, wherein said rotating member includes a first side end surface portion arcuate in plan view while said upright portion of said base includes a first upright portion provided on the rotation center of said rotating member and a second upright portion provided at a prescribed distance from said first upright portion, said second upright portion of said base has a second side end surface portion, and said first side end surface portion of said rotating member substantially comes into contact with said second side end surface portion of said second upright portion when said rotating member rotates in said horizontal plane, so that horizontal movement of said rotating member can be regulated.