Patent ID: 8267104

Claim:
An outdoor shading device, comprising: a supporting frame; an awning frame movably supported by said supporting frame to define a shading area under said awning frame; and a controller unit, comprising: an operation housing mounted on said supporting frame at a hand reachable location, wherein said operation housing has a first wall surface, a second wall surface and a receiving cavity indently formed at said second wall surface to detachably receive said electronic appliance holder within said receiving cavity; a control panel being supported at said first wall surface of said operation housing; and an electronic appliance holder provided at said second wall surface of said operation housing for holding at least an electronic appliance thereat, wherein said control panel is adapted for communicatively linking to said electronic appliance to selectively control an operation of said electronic appliance, wherein said electronic appliance holder has a storage side and an opposed holding side arranged in such a manner that when said storage side of said electronic appliance holder is engaged with said operation housing, said holding side of said electronic appliance holder faces outwardly for holding said electronic appliance in position, and when said holding side of said electronic appliance holder is engaged with said operation housing, said storage side of said electronic appliance holder is aligned with said second wall surface to house said electronic appliance holder at said operation housing, wherein said electronic appliance holder further comprises a plurality of length-adjustable retracting arms provided at said holding side of said electronic appliance holder for adjustably holding a surrounding rim of said electronic appliance at said holding side of said electronic appliance holder, wherein said electronic appliance holder further comprises a turntable base rotatably coupling at said holding side of said electronic appliance holder, wherein said retracting arms are radially and outwardly extended from said turntable base such that said turntable base is adjustably rotated at said holding side of said electronic appliance holder to selectively adjust said electronic appliance between a vertical display orientation and a horizontal display orientation.