Patent ID: 7298320

Claim:
A method of forming a substantially waterproof enclosure for an electronic communications device, comprising: molding a first housing section defining a cavity and having a peripheral edge; molding a second housing section defining a cavity and having a peripheral edge cooperatively configured for continuous contact with the peripheral edge of the first housing section; molding a continuous elastomeric gasket along the peripheral edge of the first housing section; disposing between the housing sections— a global positioning system receiver for receiving satellite signals from a plurality of satellites, a processor coupled with the global positioning system receiver for calculating a first location of the global positioning system receiver as a function of the received satellite signals, a radio transceiver coupled with the processor for directly transmitting and receiving direct voice and data communications, wherein the transmitted data communications is indicative of the first location, and wherein the processor is configured to identify a second location based upon the received data communications, and a display coupled with the processor for indicating the second location; placing the first housing section and the second housing section with their respective peripheral edges in mutual alignment; and compressing the elastomeric gasket therebetween.