US 12,075,581 B2
Supporting body and display apparatus
Hiroki Matsuoka, Tokyo (JP); Masaki Fukano, Tokyo (JP); Toshiaki Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); Hiroyuki Takayama, Tokyo (JP); Makoto Kikuchi, Tokyo (JP); Tsuyoshi Iwatsuki, Tokyo (JP); Hiroaki Yokota, Tokyo (JP); Shigeya Kuwao, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyuki Suzukawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/757,905
Filed by SATURN LICENSING LLC, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/047296
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/132041, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-235743 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2019; and application No. 2020-169449 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030565 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 11/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0234 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0018 (2022.08); H05K 5/0204 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supporting body that supports a display unit to cause the display unit to stand on a placement surface, the display unit having a display surface that spreads in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and having a center position in the horizontal direction, and a first edge and a second edge that are positioned opposite to each other in the horizontal direction with the center position interposed therebetween, the supporting body comprising:
a first supporting unit that is detachably provided on the display unit; and
a second supporting unit that is detachably provided on the display unit as a body different from the first supporting unit,
wherein a first form and a second form are configured to be selectable,
the first form in which the first supporting unit is mounted at a first position between the center position and the first edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit, and the second supporting unit is mounted at a second position between the center position and the second edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit, and
the second form in which the second supporting unit is mounted at the first position or a third position between the center position and the first edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit, and the first supporting unit is mounted at the second position or a fourth position between the center position and the second edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit,
the first supporting unit includes a first attaching section detachably formed on the display unit, and a first base section including a first contact member that is contactable with the placement surface in both the first form and the second form,
the second supporting unit includes a second attaching section detachably formed on the display unit, and a second base section including a second contact member that is contactable with the placement surface in both the first form and the second form, and
a first installation attitude of the first base section and the second base section with respect to the placement surface in the first form is different from a second installation attitude of the first base section and the second base section with respect to the placement surface in the second form.