An apparatus comprising: a shell configured to attach to a back side of an electronic portable device, the shell comprising a molded plastic unitary integral component comprised of a material, the component including: a stand selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand is defined by at least one cutout through the material that comprises the shell and is configured to pivot between its deployed position and the stowed position, wherein the stand is configured to pivot with respect to a portion of the shell that is configured to attach to the electronic portable device; a stand brace selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand brace is defined by a cutout through the material that comprises the stand and is configured to pivot between its deployed position and the stowed position, wherein the stand brace is configured to pivot with respect to the stand proximal to a free end of the stand; wherein the stand and the stand brace are coplanar when both are in their respective stowed positions, and wherein the stand and the stand brace are parallel to and adjacent to the back side of the electronic portable device when both the stand and the stand brace are in their respective stowed positions; wherein a free end of the stand brace contacts the electronic portable device when the stand brace is in its deployed position to thereby bias the stand towards the deployed position for the stand; wherein the free end of the stand is configured to pivot away from the shell by flexing wherein the stand has an arcuately curved shape when in its deployed position; and characterized in that the free end of the stand brace is configured to pivot away from the free end of the stand by flexing wherein the stand brace also has an arcuately curved shape in its deployed position. a shell configured to attach to a back side of an electronic portable device, the shell comprising a molded plastic unitary integral component comprised of a material, the component including: a stand selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand is defined by at least one cutout through the material that comprises the shell and is configured to pivot between its deployed position and the stowed position, wherein the stand is configured to pivot with respect to a portion of the shell that is configured to attach to the electronic portable device; a stand brace selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand brace is defined by a cutout through the material that comprises the stand and is configured to pivot between its deployed position and the stowed position, wherein the stand brace is configured to pivot with respect to the stand proximal to a free end of the stand; a stand selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand is defined by at least one cutout through the material that comprises the shell and is configured to pivot between its deployed position and the stowed position, wherein the stand is configured to pivot with respect to a portion of the shell that is configured to attach to the electronic portable device; a stand brace selectively movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein the stand brace is defined by a cutout through the material that comprises the stand and is configured to pivot between its deployed position and the stowed position, wherein the stand brace is configured to pivot with respect to the stand proximal to a free end of the stand; wherein the stand and the stand brace are coplanar when both are in their respective stowed positions, and wherein the stand and the stand brace are parallel to and adjacent to the back side of the electronic portable device when both the stand and the stand brace are in their respective stowed positions; wherein a free end of the stand brace contacts the electronic portable device when the stand brace is in its deployed position to thereby bias the stand towards the deployed position for the stand; wherein the free end of the stand is configured to pivot away from the shell by flexing wherein the stand has an arcuately curved shape when in its deployed position; and characterized in that the free end of the stand brace is configured to pivot away from the free end of the stand by flexing wherein the stand brace also has an arcuately curved shape in its deployed position.