Patent ID: 8016412

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: an apparatus body; a display unit; a first shaft, a first bearing, a second shaft and a second bearing which support the display unit pivotably to the apparatus body; a separate part which is formed unintegrally from the apparatus body, the separate part comprising the first shaft or the first bearing, and configured to move between an inserted position where the first shaft is inserted in the first bearing and an uninserted position where the first shaft is apart from the first bearing; an engaging part which is provided to the apparatus body; and a locking mechanism configured to secure the separate part with respect to the engaging part in response to a movement of the separate part, in a first direction, from the uninserted position to the inserted position, such that the separate part is prevented from moving from the inserted position to the uninserted position, wherein: the locking mechanism comprises a first locking part and a second locking part unintegral with the first locking part; the first locking part is configured to move in response to the movement of the separate part; the second locking part is stationary relative to the engaging part; the first locking part is apart from the second locking part in a second direction opposite to the first direction, when the separate part is in the uninserted position; the first locking part is in a locking position adjacent to the second locking part and is shifted in the first direction relative to the second locking part, when the separate part is in the inserted position; and the second locking part is configured to prevent the first locking part from passing over the second locking part in the second direction.