Patent ID: 7980687

Claim:
An outer cover to be used as an assembly-securement member in a printhead-ink cartridge and to be detachably mounted to an outer frame edge of a printhead of a segregated printhead-ink cartridge, the outer cover comprising: an operating handle provided at one end of the outer cover, a printhead locking tab provided at an upper surface and at another end of the outer cover, locking tabs located at two ends of a lower surface of the outer cover for engaging and matching with the outer frame edge of the printhead to detachably mount the outer cover to the outer frame edge, at least one of the locking tabs being provided on the operating handle, and at least a pair of the locking tabs being provided at the another end of the outer cover and defining pivot points about which the outer cover can be pivoted relative to the printhead when the outer cover is mounted to, and detached from, the outer frame edge; and a printhead operating handle located at the upper surface of the outer cover, and having a pair of arcuate walls.