Apparatus for hands-free support of a device in front of a user's body

An apparatus for supporting an electronic device in front of the body of a user, the apparatus comprising:

• a chest-engaging member;
• means for supporting the chest-engaging member against a chest of the user;
• a device-support assembly coupled to the chest-engaging member for supporting the device in front of the body of the user;
• the apparatus adjustable to an expanded configuration wherein the device-support assembly extends forwardly from the chest-engaging member to support the device at a location that is forwardly spaced-apart from the chest-engaging member by a distance greater than about 12 cm;
• and
• the apparatus adjustable to an intermediate storage configuration wherein the device-support assembly is collapsed to support the device such that a user interface of the device is generally aligned with the chest-engaging member and the user interface is forwardly spaced-apart from the chest-engaging member by less than about 5 cm.

An apparatus for supporting an electronic device in front of the body of a user, the apparatus comprising:

• a chest-engaging member;
• first and second resiliently deformable arms respectively coupling the chest-engaging member to first and second back-engaging members, wherein resilient deformation of the first arm biases the chest-engaging member and the first back-engaging member toward one another and resilient deformation of the second arm biases the chest-engaging member and the second back-engaging member toward one another;
• and
• a device-support assembly coupled to the chest-engaging member for supporting the device in front of the body of the user;
• wherein the first arm extends between the chest-engaging member and the first back-engaging member over a first one of the user's shoulders along a path that is spaced-apart from the first one of the user's shoulders and the second arm extends between the chest-engaging member and the second back-engaging member over a second one of the user's shoulders along a path that is spaced-apart from the second one of the user's shoulders.