Patent ID: 7986515

Claim:
An image display apparatus comprising: a flat rectangular plate-like casing; a display surface formed on a front surface that is one surface of the casing in the thickness direction; a stand provided to the rear surface that is the other surface of the casing in the thickness direction, the stand having a single rod; and an image display section provided to the casing for allowing an image to be displayed onto the display surface, wherein the single rod is positioned at two positions, a falling down position where the rod falls down on the rear surface and a standing position where the rod stands from the rear surface; wherein a first posture is formed by locating the rod at the standing position and by placing one of two long sides of the casing and the leading end, which is the other end of the rod in the extending direction, onto a placing surface, the first posture being defined such that the casing stands with a first angle with respect to the placing surface, and wherein a second posture is formed by locating the rod at the standing position and by placing one of two short sides of the casing and the leading end of the rod onto the placing surface, the second posture being defined such that the casing stands with a second angle with respect to the placing surface, wherein a housing section for housing the image display section projects with an outline smaller than the rear surface, on the rear surface; wherein the housing section stands from the rear surface and has a side face extending so as to be parallel to one of two long sides and two short sides of the casing; and wherein the rod extends so as to be parallel to the side face of the housing section in proximate to the side face, and is positioned in the outline of the rear surface viewed from the rear of the rear surface at the falling-down position.