Container and stand for a portable device

1. A container that has two arrangements, wherein in a first arrangement, the container holds a portable device for transport, and wherein a second arrangement, the container supports the portable device in two positions for use of the device, a landscape mode and a portrait mode, the container comprises:

a first pocket that holds a first corner of the device;

a second pocket that holds a second corner of the device;

a first retaining strap that holds one of a third corner of the device and a fourth corner of the device;

a second retaining strap that holds the other of the fourth corner of the device and the third corner of the device;

a device surface that adjoins the device and holds the device in the two arrangements, wherein the device surface is connected to the first pocket, the second pocket, the first retaining strap, and the second retaining strap;

a device support surface that adjoins the device surface at a fold, wherein the device support surface is parallel to the device surface in the first arrangement, and wherein the device support surface is at a nonzero angle with the device surface in the second arrangement;

an interface support surface that is adjacent to the device support surface, wherein the device support surface is parallel to the device surface in the first arrangement, and wherein the interface support surface is at a nonzero angle with the device surface in the second arrangement;

wherein the device surface, the device support surface and the interface surface form a polygon in one view of the second arrangement; and

wherein the container is formed from a corrugated material having a plurality of corrugations, and

wherein the fold is parallel with a direction of the corrugations of the corrugated material

wherein the first and second pockets each comprise:

a pocket front surface;

a pocket side surface;

a pocket bottom surface;

wherein the pocket front surface, pocket side surface, and pocket bottom surface are placed proximate with each other to form a cavity of the pocket to hold a respective corner of the device;

a pocket tab that is adjacent to the pocket side surface; and

a pocket slot that is located on the device surface; wherein the pocket tab and the pocket slot operate to maintain the pocket front surface, the pocket side surface, and the pocket bottom surface proximate with each other

wherein a landscape mode of the device, the first retaining strap holds the third corner of the device, and the second retaining strap holds the fourth corner of the device, and the third corner of the device is diagonal from the first corner of the device; and

wherein a portrait mode of the device, the first retaining strap holds the fourth corner of the device, and the second retaining strap holds the third corner of the device, and the third corner of the device is diagonal from the first corner of the device.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein the device surface comprises a stand handle; wherein the stand handle is used to carry the container in the first arrangement, and wherein the stand handle is inserted into a stand slot that is located in the interface support surface in the second arrangement.

3. The container of claim 2 , wherein there are a plurality of stand slots, with each slot allowing the device surface to have a different angle with respect to the interface support surface.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the device surface comprises a stand flap that is inserted into a stand slot that is located in the interface support surface in the second arrangement.

5. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container is formed from biodegradable materials.

6. The container of claim 1 , wherein the container is formed from recycled materials.

7. The container of claim 6 , wherein the container is formed from packaging materials of the device.

8. The container of claim 6 , wherein the container is formed from one of cardboard and polypropylene plastic.

9. The container of claim 1 , wherein the device is an electronic device.