Patent ID: 8009426

Claim:
A device having features to facilitate operations associated with processing signals, the device comprising: a housing for protecting the features associated with processing the signals, the housing including an interior portion for receiving the features, the housing having a top and bottom with sides extending therebetween, wherein each of the top, bottom, and at least two of the sides includes vents with block prevention aspects to facilitate venting the interior portion of the housing and to protect against the vents becoming blocked, wherein at least a portion of the vents are undulated relative to other portions of the vents to provide a varying elevation to protect against blocking the undulated vents, wherein at least one of the sides having at least two feet includes the vents within a central side portion arced above an elevation of an outer rim extending around at least a portion of the central side portion such that the arced elevational difference between the vents and the outer rim protects against the vents becoming blocked, and wherein the at least two feet on the at least one of the sides extend outward of the arced vents to secure the device housing when vertically orientated.