Patent ID: 8196880

Claim:
A support stand comprising: a stand neck configured to be attached to an electronic device, the stand neck including a base part that is formed at a lower end portion of the stand neck and a plurality of hook tabs that is formed on a side face of the base part and extends downward relative to a top face of the base part, each of the hook tabs having an engagement prong; and a stand base fixedly coupled to the stand neck, the stand base including a receiving portion that receives the base part of the stand neck within the receiving portion and a plurality of engagement tabs that is formed on a side face of the receiving portion and extends downward relative to a top face of the stand base, each of the engagement prongs of the hook tabs of the stand neck being engaged from below with respective one of the engagement tabs of the stand base, each of the engagement tabs inclining inward of the receiving portion relative to an upper opening edge of the receiving portion as approaching toward a distal end portion of each of the engagement tabs, the receiving portion further having a plurality of pairs of vertical cut grooves that is formed on the side face of the receiving portion to define each of the engagement tabs between respective one of the pairs of the vertical cut grooves, the engagement tabs being thinner than a portion of the side face of the receiving portion other than the engagement tabs.