Patent ID: 7729111

Claim:
A hard drive comprising: an external hard drive including a housing maintaining a hard drive assembly configured to exchange data with a computer system, the housing comprising opposing first and second major faces; and a stand integrally formed with the external hard drive, the stand comprising a first leg configured to project from the first major face of the housing and a second leg configured to project from the second major face of the housing, wherein the housing comprises an edge extending between the first and second major faces, the first and second legs are movably coupled to the edge of the housing, the first and second legs define a substantially straight and planar configuration, the first and second legs are co-planar with the edge between the first major face and the second major face when the first and second legs are not deployed, and the first and second legs extend away from the first major face and the second major face at approximately right angles when the first and second legs are deployed.