Patent ID: 8781146

Claim:
A combined passive acoustic speaker and stand device configured for a portable, handheld electronic device, the combined passive acoustic speaker and stand device comprising: a) a block having a hollow therein, a bottom disposable on a support surface, a front facing forward, a top facing upward, and a side facing laterally with respect to the front; b) an inclined slot in the side oriented at an acute angle with respect to the bottom and having a slot bottom and slot sides forming an elongated channel in the side of the block configured to receive and releasably retain a portion of the portable, handheld electronic device therein at an acute inclined angle with respect to the support surface; c) an aperture in the bottom of the slot extending through the side of the block and into the hollow therein, the aperture located to align with a speaker of the portable, handheld electronic device when inserted into the slot; and d) the hollow shaped as a non-symmetrical, arcuate-axis, frusto-conical horn with a larger forward sound outlet opening in the front of the block and a smaller rearward sound inlet opening in a rear of the horn and open to the aperture in the bottom of the slot.