Patent ID: 8056714

Claim:
A portable device holder, comprising: a backing plane formed with a substantially rigid spine portion and comprising a receiver pocket adjacent to a first end thereof; a substantially spherical ball roller; one or more latching arms extending from the backing plane and spaced away from the receiver pocket, each of the one or more latching arms further comprising a stem portion coupled to the backing plane and having a head portion spaced away from the backing plane; a cage coupled to the head portion of one or more of the latching arms in a position spaced away from an interior surface of the backing plane and rotatably retaining the substantially spherical ball roller operably about a spherical rotational axis oriented substantially transverse to a direction substantially normal to the interior surface of the backing plane, wherein the cage retaining the substantially spherical ball roller further comprises a part-spherical ball socket matching the substantially spherical ball roller; and a retention tongue between the substantially spherical ball roller and the interior surface of the backing plane, the retention tongue being positioned distal from the interior surface of the backing plane and immediately proximate to the cage retaining the substantially spherical ball roller being set back from a circumference of the substantially spherical ball roller.