Patent ID: 7427088
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: E05C,G06F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of coupling a first housing member to a second housing member, said method comprising: aligning a first and a second flexing L-shaped latching ribs of said second housing member with a rigid T-shaped latching member of said first housing member; and pressing said first and said second flexing L-shaped latching ribs into engagement with said rigid T-shaped latching member along a first axis, wherein said engagement causes said first flexing L-shaped latching rib to flex and to rotate counterclockwise along a second axis which is parallel to said first axis in order to slide against said rigid T-shaped latching member and to slip into a first void adjacent said rigid T-shaped latching member, and wherein said engagement causes said second flexing L-shaped latching rib to flex and to rotate clockwise along a third axis which is parallel to said first axis in order to slide against said rigid T-shaped latching member and to slip into a second void adjacent said rigid T-shaped latching member.