Patent ID: 7072624
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An enclosure assembly for a portable electronic device, comprising: at least a latching element comprising a body portion, a positioning end and a spring element connected therebetween, a plurality of protrusions extending from the body portion, and a detaching means being defined on the latching element; a cover, having a top wall, two opposed sidewalls extending therefrom, a plurality of hooks extending from a lower end of the top wall, a plurality of tabs extending from the sidewalls, each tab defining a groove therethrough to receive a protrusion of the latching element; and a housing, having a pair of opposed first sidewalls, a bottom wall connected therebetween, a pair of second sidewalls extending from the bottom wall, a plurality of projections extending from a lower end of the bottom wall, a notch being defined in each projection to receive a hook of the cover, each first sidewall and each second sidewall defining a slot therebetween for receiving a corresponding latching element; the cover being securely engagable with the housing by engagement of hooks of the cover in the notches of the housing and the tabs of the cover with the protrusions of the latching elements.