Patent ID: 8011636

Claim:
An electronic apparatus with a stand, comprising: a box; a stand leg disposed in a back face side of said box, said stand leg allowing support of said box on a slant when the electronic apparatus is placed on a level surface; and a swinging device connecting the back face of said box and said stand leg to each other, said swinging device allowing said stand leg to swing in relation to the back face of the box, wherein said swinging device includes: a locking mechanism for selecting an angle of said stand leg with respect to the back face of said box from a plurality of stages and locking the swinging of said stand leg at a selected stage; a swing pivot arranged in the one of said box and said stand leg; and a receiving portion arranged in the other one of said box and said stand leg, said receiving portion receiving said swing pivot; wherein the locking mechanism includes: a locking claw disposed in a distal end of said stand leg; a plurality of locking recesses formed in the back face of said box, each of the plurality of locking recesses allowing engagement with said locking claw; and a guide groove formed in the other one of said box and said stand leg which includes said receiving portion so that said guide groove is connected to said receiving portion, said guide groove allowing said swing pivot to move relative to said guide groove and preventing said swing pivot from moving when said locking claw is engaged with a selected locking recess of said plurality of locking recesses; and wherein said guide groove includes: a main groove portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an axis of said swing pivot to allow said swing pivot to move in the orthogonal direction, the orthogonal direction coinciding with a direction in which said locking claw is engaged with said selected locking recess of said plurality of locking recesses; and a sub groove portion extending across said main groove portion, said sub groove portion preventing said swing pivot from moving in the orthogonal direction when receiving said swing pivot, said sub groove portion diverging laterally from said main groove portion, and said guide groove is arranged and dimensioned to allow said swing pivot, which is in a perpendicular insertion position relative to the bottom of the main groove portion, to shift from said main groove portion to said sub groove portion so that said sub groove portion receives said swing pivot, while keeping the swing pivot in the perpendicular insertion position.