Stand for supporting a display in multiple orientations and a display used in combination with said stand
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1. A panel display, comprising:
- a panel display for operable association with a computer, said panel display including a housing having a front with a screen mounted thereon and a rear;
a support stand operably associated with said panel display and having first and second hingedly connected legs via a hinge mechanism, said first leg including an upper plate with a notch extending into a periphery of said upper plate, said notch including an arcuate bottom portion having a first diameter, wherein said first leg lies generally in a first plane and said second leg lies generally in a second plane, and said hinge mechanism is shiftable between a first position wherein said first leg and said second leg meet at an obtuse angle and a second position wherein said first leg and said second leg meet at an acute angle;
a boss secured to and projecting from said rear, said boss having a first portion proximate said rear and a second portion including a flange, said first portion having a second diameter less than said first diameter, said flange having a third diameter greater than said first diameter, said first portion removably received on said arcuate bottom portion for removably securing said display panel to said support stand.
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An adjustable stand for rotatably and releaseably supporting a flat panel display is disclosed together with a display device usable with the stand. The display includes a boss projecting from a rear surface thereof, which boss is received in an arc-shaped channel in a plate portion of the stand. The stand further includes two hingedly connected legs and selective locking devices for controlling the angle between the legs, thereby allowing the stand hold the display in a variety of orientations with respect to a horizontal support surface.
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1. A panel display, comprising:
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a panel display for operable association with a computer, said panel display including a housing having a front with a screen mounted thereon and a rear; a support stand operably associated with said panel display and having first and second hingedly connected legs via a hinge mechanism, said first leg including an upper plate with a notch extending into a periphery of said upper plate, said notch including an arcuate bottom portion having a first diameter, wherein said first leg lies generally in a first plane and said second leg lies generally in a second plane, and said hinge mechanism is shiftable between a first position wherein said first leg and said second leg meet at an obtuse angle and a second position wherein said first leg and said second leg meet at an acute angle; a boss secured to and projecting from said rear, said boss having a first portion proximate said rear and a second portion including a flange, said first portion having a second diameter less than said first diameter, said flange having a third diameter greater than said first diameter, said first portion removably received on said arcuate bottom portion for removably securing said display panel to said support stand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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