Patent ID: 7661535

Claim:
A multi-functional storage apparatus for selectively supporting a capturing device, comprising: a main casing having a receiving cavity formed therein: and a supporting arrangement provided on said main casing to operate said main casing between a normal storing mode and a capturing mode, wherein in said normal storing mode, said supporting arrangement is arranged to rest on said main casing so as to allow said main casing to function as a portable carrying device through storing objects within said receiving cavity, wherein in said capturing mode, said supporting arrangement is extended from said main casing to detachably attach to said capturing device, in such a manner that said capturing device is securely and suspendedly supported by said main casing as a supporting base for stably capturing image in a predetermined direction, wherein said supporting arrangement comprises a supporting frame operatively extended from said main casing, wherein when said main casing is in said normal storing mode, said supporting frame is idle on said main casing, and when said main casing is in said capturing mode, said supporting frame is driven to extend from said main casing to detachably attach to said capturing device for suspendedly and securely supporting said capturing device on said main casing, wherein said supporting frame comprises a reinforcing base mounted on an outer surface of said main casing, and an elongated connecting member extended from said reinforcing base to detachably couple with said capturing device, wherein said reinforcing base has a receiving slot indently formed thereon to pivotally connect with said elongated connecting member, and to normally receive said elongated connecting member within said receiving slot when said main casing is in said normal storing mode, wherein when said main casing is in said capturing mode, said elongated connecting member is adapted to be pivotally moved to extend from said reinforcing base for securely and stably supporting said capturing device on said main casing.