Patent ID: 8608123

Claim:
A stand device for a portable electronic device, comprising: a housing; a pedestal having a support surface for receiving and mounting the portable electronic device; and a lever mechanism arranged below the pedestal, wherein: the pedestal is rotationally moveable relative to the housing between a first position for supporting the electronic device mounted on the support surface and a second position for releasing the electronic device, the pedestal includes a pressing portion for engaging and rotating the lever mechanism as the pedestal moves from the first position to the second position and the pressing portion descends, and the lever mechanism includes a lever having: (i) a fulcrum portion about which the lever rotates, and (ii) a pressed portion positioned below and being engaged by the pressing portion such that the lever rotates about the fulcrum portion when the pedestal moves from the first position to the second position, a projection being engaged by the lever such that the projection moves axially from a retracted position within the pedestal to an extended position out of the pedestal in response to the rotation of the lever about the fulcrum portion caused by the pressed portion.