Monitor device having a connecting surface tilted downward

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10259581-B2
Application number	US-201715426151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 7, 2017
Priority date	Apr 4, 2016
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

A monitor device including: a display section having a display surface; an operation section disposed at a bottom of the display section and having an operation surface substantially parallel to the display surface; a connecting section disposed at a lateral side of the operation section and having a connecting surface tilted downward relative to the display surface; and a surface switching section that connects the operation surface and the connecting surface to each other, and a normal of the display surface and a normal of the connecting surface form an acute angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A monitor device comprising:
a display section having a display surface;
an operation section disposed at a bottom of the display section and having an operation surface substantially parallel to the display surface;
a connecting section disposed at a lateral side of the operation section and having a connecting surface tilted downward relative to the display surface, the connecting section having a receptacle for receiving a connector; and
a surface switching section that connects the operation surface and the connecting surface to each other, wherein the display surface and the operation surface are disposed on a same surface.

2. The monitor device of claim 1 , wherein the surface switching section comprises a plurality of surface switching sections.

3. The monitor device of claim 2 , wherein a notch is provided at a back of the operation section.

4. The monitor device of claim 3 , wherein the operation section is disposed at two side surfaces of the connecting section.

5. The monitor device of claim 2 , wherein the connecting surface comprises a first area including the receptacle and a second area disposed at an opposite side of the first side with respect to the operation section;
a width of the first area in a lateral direction is longer than a width of the second area in the lateral direction.

6. The monitor device of claim 5 , wherein the second area of the connecting surface does not include the receptacle.

7. The monitor device of claim 2 , wherein the operation section is disposed at two side surfaces of the connecting section.

8. The monitor device of claim 1 , wherein a notch is provided at a back of the operation section.

9. The monitor device of claim 8 , wherein the operation section is disposed at two side surfaces of the connecting section.

10. The monitor device of claim 1 , wherein the connecting surface comprises a first area including the receptacle and a second area disposed at an opposite side of the first side with respect to the operation section;
a width of the first area in a lateral direction is longer than a width of the second area in the lateral direction.

11. The monitor device of claim 10 , wherein the second area of the connecting surface does not include the receptacle.

12. The monitor device of claim 1 , wherein the operation section is disposed at two side surfaces of the connecting section.

13. The monitor device of claim 1 , wherein the surface switching section has a triangular-shaped surface, and the triangular-shaped surface forms a plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a first plane formed by the display surface of the display section and a second plane formed by the connecting surface of the connecting section.

14. A monitor device comprising:
a display section having a display surface;
an operation section disposed at a bottom of the display section and having an operation surface substantially parallel to the display surface;
a connecting section disposed at a lateral side of the operation section and having a connecting surface tilted downward relative to the display surface, the connecting section having a receptacle for receiving a connector; and
a surface switching section that connects the operation surface and the connecting surface to each other, wherein
a surface of the surface switching section tilts upward relative to the connecting surface in a vertical direction;
the surface switching section faces a viewer in a case where the display surface is viewed from a front of the display surface; and
a normal of the surface switching section is not parallel to the display surface and is not parallel to a surface being perpendicular to the display surface.

15. The monitor device of claim 14 , wherein an angle between a side of the operation surface shared with the surface switching section and an upper side of the connecting surface is an obtuse angle.

16. The monitor device of claim 14 , wherein the surface switching section has a triangular-shaped surface, and the triangular-shaped surface forms a plane which is neither parallel nor perpendicular to a first plane formed by the display surface of the display section and a second plane formed by the connecting surface of the connecting section.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujimoto Masashi
• Tomita Kaname
• Tosa Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• B64D11/00151 Primary

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