Patent ID: 8714347

Claim:
A case for enclosing a electronic device comprising a flexible inner layer, an exterior hard layer that is permanently affixed to the flexible inner layer, and a stand for supporting the case in at least one of a horizontally oriented position and a vertically oriented position, the ease being sufficiently flexible to deform and thereby accept insertion of the electronic device and sufficiently rigid to reform around and securely retain the inserted electronic device, wherein: the flexible inner layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, thereby forming a fitted cavity and a top surface of an adjacent channel, wherein the fitted cavity is configured to accept and retain the inserted electronic device such that the bottom surface of the flexible inner layer covers a bottom surface of the inserted electronic device and the side surfaces cover at least a portion of side surfaces of the inserted electronic device; the exterior hard layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, wherein the bottom surface of the exterior hard layer forms a bottom surface of the channel and a portion of the side surfaces of the exterior hard layer substantially cover the side portions of the flexible inner layer, wherein the channel is configured to enable an extension of the stand from a first position to a second position and a retraction of the stand from the second position to the first position; and the stand configured to extend from the first position to the second position and retract from the second position to the first position via the channel, the stand further configured to be positioned in a third position, wherein arranging the stand in the third position supports the case and the inserted electronic device in at least one of the horizontally oriented position and a vertically oriented position.