Patent ID: 9699283
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04M

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a shell made from a flexible material configured to attach to an electronic portable device at the comers thereof, the shell comprising a unitary integral component that includes: a stand defined by a cutout through the material of the shell that can pivot about a pivot area, the stand selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position; and a stand brace defined by a cutout through the material of the stand that can pivot about a second pivot area, the stand brace selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand is substantially planar when in its stowed position, and a free end of the stand is pivoted away from the shell when the stand is in its deployed position such that the stand assumes an arcuately curved shaped, and wherein the stand brace is substantially planar when in its stowed position, and a free end of the stand brace is pivoted away from the free end of the stand is arcuately curved when the stand brace is in its deployed position such that the stand brace assumes an arcuately curved shaped; wherein the stand and the stand brace are substantially coplanar when both are in their respective stowed positions; and wherein the shell is configured to attach to a back of the electronic portable device, and wherein the stand and the stand brace are substantially parallel to and adjacent to the back of the electronic portable device when both the stand and the stand brace are in their respective stowed positions.