Apparatus for supporting one or more myriad objects and method of using same

摘要

An apparatus for supporting an object includes a top lying on a bottom. Part of the top is attached to the bottom. The unattached part of the top includes a flexible joint such as one or more scored lines immediately next to the attached part of the top. The unattached part of the top is lifted from lying on the bottom to a selectively variable position having an angle of >0° and <180° with respect to the bottom. The bottom may have a stop on its end closest to the unattached part of the top. The object to be supported is placed on the bottom of the apparatus and leaned against the unattached top in its open position. The object is retained from sliding off the bottom by the stop. Thus, the object is supported. The apparatus may be credit card-sized, include a battery charger and/or a data storage device.

主权项

1. A stand for a device, comprising:
a generally rectangular bottom having an upper side; the bottom being substantially flat except for a stopper of a generally rectangular shape disposed along a shorter side of the upper side of the bottom; the stopper having a length substantially the same as the length of the shorter side of the bottom along which the stopper is disposed; the stopper having a width less than the length; the stopper having a thickness at least as thick as a combined thickness of the bottom and a top; a first piece of positioning material disposed on at least a part of the upper side of the bottom between the stopper and a line on the upper side of the bottom that is underneath and substantially parallel to a fold line on the top; the top being substantially rectangular and flat, sized substantially the same as the upper side of the bottom not covered by the stopper, and positioned on top of the upper side of the bottom not covered by the stopper when in a closed position for the top; the top having an upper side and an under side; a second piece of positioning material disposed at least on a part of the under side of the top between a first short side of the top adjacent to the stopper and a line on the under side of the top underneath and substantially parallel to the fold line on the upper side of the top; the under side of the top being connected to the upper side of the bottom between a second short side of the top opposite to its the first short side and the line on the under side of the top underneath and substantially parallel to the fold line on the upper side of the top; the fold line being provided in the upper side of the top with the fold line being generally parallel to and between the first and second short sides of the top so that at least a portion of an unconnected part of the top is selectively moveable away from the closed position atop the bottom to an open position, and so that the portion of the unconnected part of the top bends along the fold line to expose at least a part of the second piece of positioning material on the under side of the top when the top is in the open position, whereby the device may be positioned between the bottom and the unconnected part of the top in the open position by having one part of the device placed on a portion of the first piece of positioning material on the upper side of the bottom, and by having another part of the device placed against a portion of the second piece of positioning material on the under side of the unconnected part of the top in the open position.