Patent ID: 8368643

Claim:
A consumer electronic product, comprising: a seamless electrically conductive single piece housing having an integral front and side walls that cooperate to form a cavity in cooperation with a front opening, an edge of the side walls defining a rear opening, wherein at least some of the edges have flanges, the seamless electrically conductive single piece housing providing electrical grounding for at least one internal component of the consumer electronic product; a user input assembly having a size and shape in accordance with the front opening, the user input assembly comprising: a user input comprising a viewable portion having a substantially circular click wheel, the click wheel comprising an upraised annular region, the upraised annular region having a plurality of icons each identifying a specific operation performed by the consumer electronic product; and an interior portion having a member attached thereto; and an internal support plate, the internal support plate having an outward facing side onto which is attached the user input and an inward facing side having attachment features some of which are used to secure internal components of the consumer electronic product, wherein the outward facing surface of the internal support plate includes a plurality of switches each corresponding to one of the plurality of icons, wherein a press event at an icon causes the corresponding switch to generate a signal used to modify operations of the consumer electronic product; and a clip assembly, the clip assembly having a size and shape in accordance with the rear opening, the clip assembly comprising: an external user actionable clip; at least one internal hooking feature; and a plurality of internal latching features, wherein the clip assembly is secured in part to the consumer electronic product by engaging the at least one hooking feature and at least one of the flanges on the edges of the housing and engaging the latching features and corresponding attachment features on the internal support plate.