Patent ID: 9218024
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An accessory for an electronic device, comprising: a housing including a top surface and a base, a front, a rear and opposite sides; a support element comprising an elongated recess extending at least partially across a width of the housing, at a location between the user interface and the rear of the housing, the support element configured to receive an edge portion of an electronic device, to hold the electronic device in an inclined orientation and, along with the housing, to support the electronic device in the inclined orientation; and at least one lip located at a front side of the support element and protruding over a portion of the support element, a recessed area defined by the at least one lip and a front surface of the support element, wherein, upon insertion of an edge portion of an electronic device into the support element, an edge of the electronic device rests upon at least a portion of a base of the support element, a back surface of the edge portion of the electronic device rests upon at least a portion of a rear edge of the support element, and a front surface of the edge portion of the electronic device is disposed against an edge of the lip.