Patent ID: 7180748

Claim:
A front panel fitting apparatus in which a pair of left and right leg parts, which are provided on either side of the underside of a plastic front panel that is arranged in a front opening portion of a bottom chassis having an electrical apparatus inside thereof, have respectively: leg bottom plates formed integrally with said front panel and extending to under said bottom chassis; and leg edge plates formed integrally with said respective leg bottom plates from the front edge through the both side edges thereof, a pair of left and right engaging holes being formed on the underside of said front panel, engaging convex portions being provided at positions of said bottom chassis opposing said respective engaging holes in a protruding manner, said front panel fitting apparatus being adapted in such a manner that the upper edge part of said front panel is engaged with a projecting portion on a crossbeam installed on the front side or in the upper front part of said bottom chassis, and then said front panel is rotated downward centering on said projecting portion to engage said engaging holes with said respective engaging convex portions, wherein a pair of slits are formed at a predetermined spacing forward from the central part of the rear edge of each of said leg bottom plates and an engaging hole is formed in an elastically deformable tongue piece left between said both slits, the rear edge of said tongue piece being retracted forward relative to the rear edge of each of said leg bottom plates by a predetermined spacing, and the upper angled portion of the rear edge of said tongue piece being clipped to form a concave groove.