Patent ID: 6068119
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: G01D,G12B,H01H

Abstract:
A watertight protective device for receiving an apparatus having an interaction field, comprising:a protective housing, having an inside contour that receives the apparatus and having a transparent, elastically flexible operating area enabling one of viewing and interaction with said interaction field, said protective housing further including an upper housing part and a lower housing part, said upper and lower housing parts being sealingly engagable and releasable connected with each other,wherein the lower housinig part and the upper housing part are each provided with one of a circumferential groove and a circumferential rib aud sealing lips disposed on one of said groove and said lip, in such a fashion that when the upper housing part is placed on top of the lower housing part, the rib engages the groove to form a watertight seal.