Electronic Equipment and Shelf Member

• US 20090159542A1
• Filed: 09/07/2006
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Personal Computers, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: NEC Personal Products Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Masato, Ishida, Yoichi, Yamaguchi, Syuji
• Granted Patent: US 8,009,414 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/134
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/181 Enclosures for portable computers G06F1/1613
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1612 Flat panel monitor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

The present invention includes flat-panel type display section (11), main body (12) which supports this flat-panel type display section (11), angle adjustment mechanism (13) for adjusting an inclination angle to a perpendicular direction of a display surface of flat-panel type display section (11), and shelf member (14) on which an article is to be placed. Then, as for shelf member (14), one end of the shelf member is provided near an upper edge of flat-panel type display section (11), and the other end of the shelf member is supported by main body (12). According to the present invention, since supporting plate (22) of shelf member (11) is supported by main body (12), shelf member (14) is not moved in connection with flat-panel type display section (11) when the display angle of flat-panel type display section (11) is adjusted by angle adjustment mechanism (13), and hence, the article is stably placed on shelf member (14).

Claims

1. An electronic equipment, comprising:

a flat-panel type display section;

a supporting section which supports said flat-panel type display section;

an angle adjustment mechanism for adjusting a display angle of said flat-panel type display section; and

a shelf member on which an article is to be placed, wherein, as for said shelf member, one end of said shelf member is provided near an upper edge of said flat-panel type display section, and the other end of said shelf member is supported by said supporting section.

2. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said angle adjustment mechanism adjusts an inclination angle to a perpendicular direction of a display surface of said flat-panel type display section.

3. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said angle adjustment mechanism adjusts a rotation angle around an axis in a perpendicular direction of a display surface of said flat-panel type display section.

4. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said supporting section has a control section which controls information outputted to said flat-panel type display section, and a housing which covers said control section;

and

wherein said shelf member is supported by said housing.

5. The electronic equipment according to claim 4, wherein said flat-panel type display section is supported by said housing through said angle adjustment mechanism;

and

wherein a location, where said angle adjustment mechanism is supported by said housing, is placed below a location, where said shelf member is supported by said housing.

6. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said supporting section has a control section which controls information outputted to said flat-panel type display section, a housing which covers said control section, and a supporting table which not only supports said housing, but also supports said flat-panel type display section through said angle adjustment mechanism;

and

wherein said shelf member is fixed to said supporting table.

7. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said shelf member has a shelf board provided near an upper edge of said flat-panel type display section, and a supporting plate which is connected to said shelf board and supported by said supporting section.

8. The electronic equipment according to claim 1, wherein said shelf member has a screw hole for performing a screw clamp to said supporting section, and latch means latched by said supporting section.

9. The electronic equipment according to claim 8, wherein, said shelf member is provided with plurality of said screw holes and said latch means for installing said shelf member selectively to said supporting section according to two or more kinds of said flat-panel type display sections having display surfaces with different sizes.

10. The electronic equipment according to claim 7, wherein said supporting plate of said shelf member is fixed to a front side of said housing which faces a back face of said flat-panel type display section.

11. A shelf member which is installed in electronic equipment which comprises a flat-panel type display section, a supporting section which supports said flat-panel type display section, and an angle adjustment mechanism for adjusting a display angle of said flat-panel type display section, and on which an article is placed, wherein one end of said shelf member is provided near an upper edge of said flat-panel type display section, and the other end of said shelf member is supported by said supporting section.

12. The shelf member according to claim 11, wherein said shelf member has a shelf board provided near an upper edge of said flat-panel type display section, and a supporting plate which is connected to said shelf board and supported by said supporting section.