Patent ID: 8186508

Claim:
An apparatus for holding an electronic device, comprising: a carrier seat at a bottom of said apparatus, a facing surface of said carrier seat having a positioning element and a bottom of said carrier seat having an anti-slip layer; an upper lid at a top of said apparatus, said carrier seat and said upper lid being engaged by a coupling on one side so that said upper lid is able to rotate along the coupling side to open or close, and a corresponding facing surface of said upper lid having a maintaining element, said maintaining element being a wavy element with a plurality of valleys and a plurality of peaks formed thereon; and at least a resilient element, two ends of said resilient element being engaged to said upper lid and said carrier seat respectively to provide a force so that said upper lid and said carrier seat are able to incline towards each other; wherein said positioning element and said maintaining element are located on a side away from the coupling side for holding said electronic device, a bottom edge of said electronic device is positioned on said positioning element, and a top edge of said electronic device is maintained on one of said plurality of valleys of said maintaining element so as to prevent shifting of said electronic device and hold said electronic device inside said apparatus with a tilted angle when said electronic device is held in use.