A protective apparatus adapted for covering a mobile device and having an extendable arm. The protective apparatus includes a protective apparatus sized and shaped for being attached to a camera equipped mobile device and having a back plane and first and second sides which are laterally opposing one another, a scissor mechanism compartment formed by at least one sidewall and a bottom of the backplane, a scissor mechanism adapted to be manually extended from and manually retracted into the scissor mechanism compartment along an extension axis, and when the protective apparatus is attached to the camera equipped mobile device, a back of a housing of the camera equipped mobile device is placed against a top of the back plane and the lateral sides of the housing are placed against the first and second sides.