Protective sheet mount structure for display

• US 6,247,768 B1
• Filed: 05/12/2000
• Issued: 06/19/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE
• Application Number:
  US09/570,031
• Time in Patent Office: 403 Days
• Field of Search: 312/223.2, 312/7.2, 312/296, 312/208.3, 361/681, 361/682, 348/823, 348/824, 348/841, 349/58
• US Class Current: 312/223.2
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0018 Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means

Abstract

A protective sheet mount structure for a display is provided which may be employed in electronic cash registers, for example. The structure includes a frame mount formed on a frame of a display around an opening through which a display screen is exposed, a protective sheet covering the display screen, and a sheet mount frame fitted in the frame mount detachably to retain the protective sheet on the frame of the display.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a casing having an opening formed therein;

a touch sensitive display installed in said casing with a touch screen exposed through the opening;

a frame mount having at least two recesses provided on the casing around the opening, said two recesses being provided at opposed portions of said frame mount, at least on holder being provided at a portion between the opposed portions of said frame mount;

a non-polarizing protective sheet covering the touch screen; and

a sheet mount frame having a plurality of protrusions detachably fitted to said frame mount by mating respective one of said protrusions to said recesses and said holder to thereby enable said protective sheet to be retained on said casing and yet be readily removed therefrom.

2. A display apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a sealing member disposed between said casing and said sheet mount frame around the opening.

3. A display apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said frame mount is a rectangular shape and has said recesses formed on upper right and left side portions thereof and wherein said protective sheet is of a rectangular shape and has lugs formed on upper right and left side portions thereof and a step portion formed on a lower end portion thereof, the lugs being fitted in the recesses of said frame mount, the step portion being fitted on a lower edge of the opening of said casing.