Patent ID: 8330998

Claim:
A scanner device with an external cover, comprising a scanner body enclosed by a housing and an external cover covering an outer side of the housing and adapted to read a document by the scanner body, wherein said external cover is comprised of a plurality of external members including two lateral external members, a front surface cover, a document feed tray, and a document insertion opening cover, wherein when the document feed tray is closed so as to be folded toward the scanned body, the side edge parts of the two lateral sides of the housing of the scanner body are exposed in the space between the two lateral side edge parts of the document feed tray and the upper side edge parts of the lateral external members, thereby forming recesses between the front side edge part of the document feed tray and the upper side edge part of the front surface cover and between the two lateral side edge parts of the document feed tray and the upper side edge parts of the lateral external members, said recesses forming a part of an external design of said scanner body.