Patent 7609507 was granted and assigned to Sony on October, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A display device includes a body unit; a display panel of flat plate shape arranged with a display screen; at least one hinge plate connected to a rear surface of the display panel; shafts arranged extending along a lower end of the display panel, and turnably attached with the hinge plate with respect to a center axis; and a supporting unit, connected to the shaft at an upper end and connected to the body unit at a lower end, for supporting a display unit in a cantilever state.