IP Library Granted Patent US 8,408,502
Granted Patent B2
US 8,408,502 · App. 11/326,384 · Granted Apr 2, 2013

Thin design display apparatus and display unit detachment method

Inventor: Takao Watanabe (Yaita, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,408,502
App. No.
11/326,384
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to provide a display monitor, such as a thin design television or the like, in which its display unit is easily attachable and detachable from the stand structure and can be easily carried about, and where the place of installation of the display unit is not limited, a stand type thin design television includes a display unit ( 1 ), a joint body ( 15 ), a pillar ( 25 ) and a stand base ( 29 ). The joint body ( 15 ) is attached to the display unit ( 1 ) while the joint body ( 15 ) is free to be attached to and removed from the pillar ( 25 ) that is fixed to the stand base ( 29 ). In the first usage mode in which the pillar ( 25 ) and the stand base ( 29 ) are used, the joint ( 15 ) is inserted into the pillar ( 25 ). In the second usage mode in which the pillar ( 25 ) and the stand base ( 29 ) are not used, the joint body ( 15 ) itself is used as a stand.

Claims (26)

1. A thin design display apparatus comprising:

a thin type display unit;

an engaging portion capable of being engaged with a projection projected from a wall surface; and

an approximately bar-shaped angle adjuster having a first end connected to a backside of the display unit by a support shaft passing through the first end, the first end located approximately at a center with respect to the width direction of the display unit, and a second end able to rotate using the support shaft as a fulcrum,

wherein the engaging portion is fixed on the display unit at a position above the angle adjuster and has an annular configuration,

the topmost part of the engaging portion is projected above a top edge of a front frame of the thin type display unit, and

when the engaging portion is engaged with the projection, an angle of the thin type display unit is adjusted by rotating the second end, being in touch with the wall surface, toward an upper side of the thin type display unit.

2. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of semicircular speaker portions on the left and right of the display unit.

3. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit incorporates a battery in a lower side.

4. A thin design display apparatus comprising:

a thin type display unit;

an engaging portion for hanging the thin design display apparatus by engaging a projection projected from a wall surface; and

an angle adjuster having a first end connected to a backside of the display unit by a rotational part and a second end able to rotate, being in touch with the wall, toward an upper side of the display unit, using the rotational part as a fulcrum,

wherein the engaging portion, extending toward a distal end in a height direction of the display unit from a fixed end fixed on the display unit at a position above the angle adjuster, has an inclination from the height direction of the display unit toward a depth direction of the display unit, and

wherein a depth of the inclination with respect to the backside of the display unit is equal to or greater than a depth dimension of the rotational part.

5. The thin design display apparatus, accordingto claim 4 ,

wherein the display apparatus has a first configuration in which the angle adjuster comprises a stand for supporting the display unit when the engaging portion does not engage the projection projected from the wall surface, and

wherein the display apparatus has a second configuration in which the engaging portion is configured for hanging the thin design display apparatus by engaging the projection projected from the wall surface.

6. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the angle adjuster projects down below a bottom side of the display unit when a distal end of the angle adjuster is set at a downmost position on the bottom side of the display unit.

7. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a cross section of the other end of the angle adjuster is an elongate shape which is longer in a direction of a rotational axis than in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis.

8. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit has a remote controller holder for holding a remote controller for remote controlling display of the display unit.

9. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a pair of semicircular speaker portions on the left and right of the display unit.

10. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the display unit incorporates a battery in a lower side.

11. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the engaging portion functions as a grip handle.

12. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the engaging portion has an annular configuration.

13. The thin design display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the front frame of the thin type display unit is a display surface.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2003-003755 · Jan 9, 2003 · national
JP 2003-109211 · Apr 14, 2003 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 10540944 · Jun 29, 2005
Related Publication 20060117623A1 · Jun 8, 2006