Patent ID: 6859356

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting a monitor, for pivotally connecting the monitor to a base, comprising: a supporting frame, having a shaft hole, a hook further formed in a lower end of the supporting frame; a latching assembly, comprising: a tenon, movably coupled to the supporting frame and shifting between a first position and a second position, one end of the tenon having a protrusive portion; and a control bar, connected to the tenon for moving the tenon; and a shaft assembly, mounted in the shaft hole, comprising: a shaft base, fixed to the base, one end of the shaft base inserting the shaft hole and receiving with a fastener; a rotation control unit, mounted on the shaft base, the edge of the rotation control unit having a first cut and a second cut; and a plurality of washers, mounted on the shaft base and fixed to the supporting frame by the fastener; wherein when the tenon is situated at the first position, the protrusive portion is coupled to the first cut of the rotation control unit, and the protrusive portion can slide along the edge of the first cut, so as to rotate the monitor relatively to the base in a first angle range, when the tenon is situated at the second position, the protrusive portion is uncoupled from the first cut and the hook slides along the edge of the second cut, so as to rotate the monitor relatively to the base in a second angle range.