Patent ID: 7852622

Claim:
A deployable display apparatus for providing a plurality of visual display units to a vehicle, the vehicle having a personnel compartment including a necessary driving volume, the deployable display apparatus comprising: at least one display housing, at least one display housing being configured to support at least one visual display unit, the visual display unit being configured to selectively provide visual information to an operator; and at least one mounting arm, having spaced-apart first and second arm ends, the first arm end being stationary relative to a base surface, and the second arm end being attached to the display housing, the mounting arm being configured to selectively move the display housing between stowed and deployed positions; such that at least one display housing, when in the deployed position, at least partially occupies the necessary driving volume, and the display housing, when in the stowed position, is wholly outside the necessary driving volume the necessary driving volume being the space inside the personnel compartment which is needed for driver's line of sight motion during normal operation of the vehicle.