Patent ID: 7520480

Claim:
stand for a display device, the stand comprising: a pivoting arm for receiving the display device, said pivoting arm including a locking member having at least two locking devices; a support arm for receiving a base; and a locking release coupled to said pivoting arm by a pivot pin and coupled to said support arm by a releasing pin for loading an elastic member, said locking release including a lever having an upper end for receiving the pivot pin and a lower end for receiving the releasing pin and compressing the elastic member, the upper end including a set of locking devices formed in correspondence to the at least two locking devices of the locking member to enable a selective engagement between one of the locking devices of the lever and one of the locking devices of the locking member, wherein said lever is a retractable lever having at least one portion accommodated in an opening formed in the support arm, when the loading of the elastic member is released, and wherein the opening formed in said a sidewall of the support arm is a slotted opening extending from the releasing pin to the upper end of the lever and includes at one end a seat for receiving the releasing pin.