Patent ID: 8397461

Claim:
A housing element assembly, comprising: a tongued unit having an arcuate tongue and a flexible clip, said flexible clip having an end and an intermediate portion thinner than said end in at least one dimension; and a grooved unit having an arcuate groove for receiving said arcuate tongue, and a clip receptacle for cooperatively mating with said flexible clip on said tongued unit; wherein connecting said tongued unit with said grooved unit, said flexible clip bends at said intermediate portion in a first direction to enable insertion of said clip into said clip receptacle and when said flexible clip is fully inserted into said clip receptacle said flexible clip bends at said intermediate portion in a second direction to snap into a locked position in said clip receptacle, such that said tongued unit and said grooved unit form a snap-lock joint and are thereby prevented from further radial translation in relation to one another.