Patent ID: 8025236

Claim:
A portable terminal assembly comprising: an enclosure having a distal end wall and a proximal end wall connected to a pair of sidewalls such that the enclosure walls connect the bottom surface to a top surface having a user interface to define an enclosure interior, a compartment positioned in the enclosure interior; a cover for coupling to the compartment situated in an opening in the bottom surface at a proximal end of the enclosure, the cover configured for grasping by a user with at least one finger; a cover housing including a cover surface, a pair of cover sidewalls, a proximal cover end wall and a distal cover end wall such that the cover walls extend from the cover surface to define a cover interior; and a mating surface at a base of the cover housing and defined by said walls, the mating surface configured to mate with the bottom surface of the enclosure, such that when assembled the pair of cover side walls extend outwardly from the back surface and each of the pair of cover sidewalls is inset as spaced apart from the corresponding side wall of the pair of sidewalls of the enclosure, and the distal cover end wall extends outwardly from the back surface and is adapted to be spaced apart from the corresponding distal end wall.