Patent ID: 6865353

Claim:
An image forming apparatus having, on an upper surface of an apparatus main body, an operating section which can be divided into an operating surface unit in which an angle of an operating surface with respect to a horizontal plane can be changed, and an operating section external unit formed outside said operating surface unit and including at least an upper-surface corner end of said apparatus main body, comprising an angle holding member for holding the angle of the operating surface with respect to the horizontal plane, a plurality of locking portions formed on said apparatus main body, and a plurality of locking target portions which are formed on said angle holding member and said operating surface unit and which can respectively be locked by said plurality of locking portions, wherein either said locking target portion provided to said angle holding member or said locking target portion provided to said operating surface unit is selectively locked by said locking portion of said apparatus main body in order to support said operating surface unit with said apparatus main body such that said operating surface of said operating surface unit is held at a plurality of angles with respect to the horizontal plane.