Patent ID: 8727295

Claim:
A stand for a tablet PC, comprising: a base with a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface having a notch; a groove with an inclined back side wall located on the top surface of the base for holding a tablet PC; a recess with an internal wall located on the bottom surface of the base; and a supporting plate with an supporting edge and an external surface rotatably connected to the bottom surface of the base through a shaft, the supporting plate being capable of rotating relative to the base and being positioned outwardly away from the base, the supporting edge being at an opposite end from the shaft; wherein the tablet PC is supported by the stand when placed in the groove with the table PC resting against the inclined back wall of the groove when both the base and the supporting plate rest on a surface, when the supporting plate rotates outwardly away from the recess, the external surface of the supporting plate rests against the internal wall of the recess, and when the supporting plate rotates inwardly toward the recess, the supporting plate rests by itself inside the recess and is lifted out of the recess through the notch.