Patent ID: 8322801

Claim:
A housing for an electronic device, comprising: a housing body including an engaging slot disposed adjacent to a front end thereof, and a through hole disposed adjacent to a rear end thereof, said housing body having an inner surface provided with a positioning element that is disposed adjacent to said through hole; a bottom cover including an engaging hook disposed adjacent to a front end thereof for engaging said engaging slot, and a through bore disposed adjacent to a rear end thereof and corresponding in position to said through hole; and a locking member extending through said through bore and said through hole, and including an engaging portion disposed on said inner surface of said housing body, and a control portion exposed from an outer surface of said bottom cover, said control portion being operable to cause said engaging portion to move between a locking position where said engaging portion engages said positioning element and an unlocking position where said engaging portion is separated from said positioning element; wherein said locking member includes a locking plate having said engaging portion, and a control button coupled detachably to said locking plate and having said control portion, said control button being operable to cause said locking plate to slide between said locking position and said unlocking position; wherein said locking plate includes an engaging hole corresponding in position to said through hole, said control button including two spaced-apart positioning hooks that extend through said through bore and said engaging hole and that engage said locking plate; and wherein said bottom cover further includes two first limiting indentations disposed adjacent to said rear end thereof, and two second limiting indentations disposed adjacent to said front end thereof, each of said positioning hooks including a limiting rib to engage a respective one of said first limiting indentations or a respective one of said second limiting indentations so as to position said locking member at one of said unlocking and locking positions.