Patent ID: 7961457
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
1. A display housing adapted to accommodate a display panel, the display housing comprising: a first housing part comprising a first peripheral wall and a plurality of first engaging members formed on the first peripheral wall; a second housing part comprising a plurality of second engaging members; and a plurality of interlocking members, each of which is detachably connected to and interlocks a respective one of the first engaging members and a respective one of the second engaging members so as to secure the first housing part to the second housing part such that the first and second housing parts cooperatively define an accommodating space therebetween capable of accommodating the display panel therein; wherein each of the first engaging members has two opposite lug walls and an interconnecting wall, the lug walls protrude from the first peripheral wall of the first housing part into the accommodating space, the interconnecting wall interconnects the lug walls and cooperates with the lug walls and a portion of the first peripheral wall of the first housing part to define a slot, and each of the lug walls defines a hook hole in spatial communication with the slot; wherein each of the interlocking members comprises a base plate, two opposite cantilevers extending from the base plate, and a limiting plate extending from the base plate and being disposed between the cantilevers and received in the slot of the respective first engaging member, each of the cantilevers has a hook end, the cantilevers of each of the interlocking members are received in the slot of the respective first engaging member, the hook ends of the cantilevers of each of the interlocking members are engaged in the hook holes of the lug walls of the respective first engaging member in a snap fit engaging manner, and the limiting plate of each of the interlocking members has two opposite sides and is substantially in contact with the interconnecting wall of the respective first engaging member and the first peripheral wall of the first housing part at the two opposite sides thereof, respectively; and wherein each of the lug walls of each of the first engaging members comprises an end defining a shoulder, each of the cantilevers of each of the interlocking members cooperates with the base plate to define an elbow, and the elbows of each of the interlocking members are engaged with the shoulders of the lug walls of the respective first engaging member.