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What is PocketStand™?

PocketStand™ is an accessory that lets you play your Nintendo Switch while charging on-the-go.

I love my new Nintendo Switch, but it has two moderately annoying design flaws. The flimsy kickstand is one problem. The second, more serious problem is that the charging port is on the bottom of the device, making it impossible to charge your Nintendo Switch and play at the same time.

The charging port is blocked when you use the kickstand.

How Does PocketStand™ Help?

PocketStand™ is a tiny accessory that solves both problems at once. It makes for a better stand and lifts the switch up away from the table so that the charging cord can fit into the port on the bottom of the Nintendo Switch.

Just slide PocketStand™ onto your portable battery charger and put the Nintendo Switch into place. You'll need to provide your own battery charger and cable, and PocketStand™ will slide on to that.

The PocketStand™ holds your Nintendo Switch up so a charging cable can reach the port on the bottom. It also makes for a great play stand!

PocketStand™ allows you to play and charge your Nintendo Switch at the same time. It does its job and looks awesome while doing it.

Which Power Banks does PocketStand™ Work With?

We’ll be making several models of PocketStand™ that can hold on to different sized battery chargers. We'll be focusing on the Amazon Best Sellers in Portable Cell Phone Power Banks and will provide a list of compatible models to make sure you're covered.

We will make sure you’re covered by making PocketStand™ models for all of the popular makes and models of candy-bar battery packs available.

Since several battery packs are similar in shape and size, we’ll do our best to make PocketStand™ models fit multiple battery packs.

How Big is PocketStand™?

PocketStand™ is so small it even fits in the mini pocket of your jeans.

PocketStand™ will tuck away anywhere so it's always handy when you need it. Truly an everyday carry item for any Nintendo Switch fan.

Prototyping and testing PocketStand™

Over the last two weeks since we’ve had our Nintendo Switch, we’ve made several prototypes and tested it out in action. We’ve tried it out at three events and two restaurants and have received overwhelmingly great response.

The board gamers at last weekend’s UnPub conference in Baltimore, kids at the NoVA Maker Faire, and members at the Baltimore Node Makerspace all loved it. It truly solves the two biggest problems with the Nintendo Switch, all for a low price and smallest form factor of any stand on the market.

We’re laser-cutting these from 1/4” acrylic on the 80 watt laser cutter at the Baltimore Node Makerspace. The material is thick enough to be durable and strong enough to hold up your precious new console while playing on-the-go.

Since we’re using a laser cutter and not injection molds, we can modify the design easily as needed.

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We also noticed that since PocketStand™ allows for such a great viewing angle for the Nintendo Switch, we were using it even when the battery was full. To use PocketStand™ without a battery charger as the base, you need a connector piece to give it more rigidity. I'll be offering this Conector Bar as an add-on option.