Patent ID: 7578630

Claim:
A control panel for a copier or similar image forming apparatus, comprising: a base; and a mount mounted on said base and loaded with a display and devices to be operated by an operator of said apparatus; said base including a support portion for supporting said mount and configured to support a front edge portion of said mount by causing said front edge portion to slidably contact a front edge portion of said support portion in substantially a front-and-rear direction, and to support a rear wall of said mount with a rear wall of said support portion such that said rear wall of said mount is movable in an up-and-down direction and is fixed in position in said up-and-down direction, wherein said support portion and said mount each include a pair of side walls contiguous with respective rear walls thereof, wherein the rear wall of said support portion has a contour that forms part of an arc having a center coincident with the front edge portion of said support portion and extending in the up-and-down direction, the rear wall of said mount has a contour corresponding to the contour of the rear wall of said support portion, and the rear wall of said mount is positioned outwardly of the rear wall of said support portion, wherein a downwardly open recess is formed in a bottom portion of the front edge of said mount over an entire length of said front edge portion of support portion.