Patent ID: 8469189

Claim:
A housing for a portable electronic device, the housing comprising: a bottom shell comprising a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls extending from side edges of the bottom wall, and having a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion formed by two adjacent side walls and the bottom wall, wherein each corner portion comprises an engaging recession recessed from an outer surface of the corner portion, each engaging recession comprises a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a buffering slot recessed from a joint of the first and second side surfaces, the bottom surface is recessed from a corresponding outer surface of the bottom wall adjacent to the corner portion; and a plurality of protection blocks mounted to an outer side of the plurality of corner portions of the bottom shell, the protection blocks respectively mounted to the plurality of corner portions of the bottom shell, wherein each protection block has a shape and dimension substantially the same as that of the engaging recession of the bottom shell, each protection block comprises a bottom plate and a side plate extending from an outer edge of the bottom plate, the bottom plate is fixed to the bottom surface of the engaging recession and is flush with the outer surface of the bottom wall of the bottom shell; wherein each protection block is assembled within the corresponding engaging recession of the bottom shell, and covers the buffering slot, each protection block and one corresponding corner portion of the bottom shell cooperatively define a buffering area.