Tiltable monitor

Claim 1

In a computer monitor having a cathode-ray tube with a display face, a chassis mounting the cathode-ray tube with the display face at the front of the monitor and a housing surrounding the chassis, the improvement wherein the chassis comprises a front chassis section having a front portion corresponding to the front of the monitor and a rear portion and to which the cathode-ray tube is secured to dispose the display face at the front portion, a rear chassis section behind the front section, a base disposed below the front and rear chassis sections and secured to the rear chassis section, means connecting the front chassis section to the rear chassis section and spaced above the base for free pivotable movement of the front chassis section relative to the base and rear chassis section about a pivot axis disposed at the upper front portion of the front chassis section, and manually actuatable means movable between a rest position, wherein the front chassis section is releasably retained in a desired pivot position, and a actuated position, wherein the front chassis is free to pivot around its pivot axis, wherein the manually actuatable means comprises a handle, means mounting the handle on one side of the front chassis section at the rear portion thereof for sliding movement towards the front portion of the front chassis section to move the manually actuatable means into the actuated position, a first locking member fixed to the rear chasis section, a second locking member and means mounting the second locking member on the front chassis section for sliding movement in a direction perpendicular to the movement of the handle and in response to the movement of the handle towards the front portion of the front chassis section from a first position, wherein the second locking member engages the first locking member, to a second position, wherein the second locking member is spaced apart from the first locking member.