Patent ID: 8504182

Claim:
A media player comprising: a body having a main surface and at least one side that is transverse to the main surface; at least one speaker located within the body and exposed at the main surface of the body for reproducing sound; an operating circuit located within the body for operating the media player; a support including an electrical connector electrically connected to the operating circuit and for electrically and mechanically connecting a media playing device to the operating circuit, wherein the media playing device has opposite first and second ends, and the support is pivotally attached to the side of the body and pivots about an axis that is transverse to the main surface, between a storage position, in which the support is aligned with the side of the body and the electrical connector is concealed within the body, and a support position, in which the support is transverse to the side of the body and the electrical connector is exposed from the body for mechanically supporting, adjacent the side of the body, a first end of the media playing device that is electrically connected to the electrical connector; and a holder attached to the side of the body and spaced from the support for engaging and supporting a second end of the media playing device that is connected to the electrical connector, thereby holding the media playing device in position at the side of the body.