Patent ID: 7861995

Claim:
A portable electronic device stand, comprising an essentially rectangular sheet made of an essentially rigid material; said sheet having a first pair of parallel edges at right angles to a second pair of parallel edges, and being divided into upper and lower portions by a dividing fold line parallel to the first edges located near the middle of the second edges; said sheet having a support tab partially separated from the sheet, and located near the first edge in the lower portion, said support tab being foldable along a fold line parallel to the first edges and capable of rigidly maintaining its position; said sheet further comprising a strut partially separated from the sheet, said strut having a fold line located in the lower portion parallel to the first edges permitting the folding of the strut away from the sheet, said strut further having one or more adjustment notches which are voids cut or otherwise absent from the sheet; said sheet further comprising a locking slot in the upper portion sized to accept insertion of the strut, said slot comprising a locking tang sized to be inserted into an adjustment notch; the sheet being erected into a device stand by placing it on an essentially horizontal surface, and said support tab, upper portion and strut being folded upward along their respective fold lines, so that the strut inserts into the locking slot and the locking tang inserts into an adjustment notch, with the first edge of the upper portion supporting the back of an electronic device and the support tab keeping the base of the device from sliding off of the erected stand.