Patent ID: 8479990

Claim:
A system, comprising: a battery operated portable computing apparatus having an apparatus body and a retaining element coupled to said battery operated portable apparatus, the retaining element arranged for coupling said apparatus body to a hand of a user, wherein said retaining element is coupled to a rear face of said apparatus body and is so shaped as to enable said apparatus body to rotate between a position in which said apparatus body is seated in the palm of said hand, and a further position in which said palm is free from said apparatus body, said rear face resting on the back of said hand, in said further position said apparatus body being supported by said hand by means of said retaining element, wherein said retaining element comprises a ring and wherein said retaining element comprises a band to which said ring is fixed, said band comprising a first end fixed to a first zone of said apparatus body and a second end fixed to a second zone of said apparatus body.