Patent ID: 8498099
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A landscape controller housing, comprising: a face pack including an enclosure, at least one manual input device mounted in a front side of the enclosure, a pair of pivot pins extending from a pair of opposite ends of the enclosure, and at least one locking pin extending from an end of the enclosure and spaced from one of the pivot pins; and an outer housing defining an interior sufficiently large to enclose the face pack, the outer housing enclosing a pair of finger supports extending from a pair of opposite sides of the outer housing, a pair of bearing slots each extending above one of the finger supports, and at least one lock recess extending below one of the finger supports, the bearing slots and lock recess being dimensioned, configured and located within the outer housing so that the face pack can be installed in the outer housing in a normal upright position in which the pivot pins are each received in a corresponding one of the bearing slots and the locking pin is received in the lock recess, the face pack can be swung through a predetermined angle to release the locking pin from the lock recess to allow the face pack to be removed from the outer housing by sliding the pivot pins out of the bearing slots and removing the locking pin from the lock recess, and the face pack can be inserted into the outer housing into a substantially horizontal service position by sliding both the pivot pins and the locking pin into the bearing slots.