Patent ID: 7551949

Claim:
An enclosure for housing a device, comprising: a first enclosure base body and a second enclosure base body which, together, form an enclosure for containing the device, with: the first enclosure base body comprising a first component of the first enclosure base body formed of a relatively harder material and a second component of the first enclosure base body formed of relatively softer material and formed against the hard material of the first component, the first component comprising a first edge positioned along an outer periphery thereof and configured to extend toward the second enclosure base body; and the second enclosure base body made of a second base material, the second enclosure base body comprising a second edge along an outer periphery thereof, for receiving the first edge, wherein the first enclosure base body and the second enclosure base body make contact with the first edge and the second edge butting against one another; and wherein a portion of the second component of the first enclosure base body projects beyond a portion of the first component of the first enclosure to provide a sealing first flange configured to make contact with the second edge, said sealing first flange made of an elastically deformable material and wherein one of the first component of the first enclosure base body and the second enclosure base body includes a sealing channel comprising a second flange positioned along an outer periphery thereof and configured to extend into a recess formed alone the outer periphery of the other enclosure base body.